As you can see, the Endive looks like a big crop of Salad, the taste is quite bitter,
and we get to have a whole leaf per guinea pig!
According to the Guinea lynx vegetable chart below, it's also known as Escarole.
| Guinea Lynx' VEGETABLE CHART 100 gram portions | Percent Water | Energy (Kcal) | Protein (g) | Ascorbic Acid (C) | Calcium (mg) | Phosph. (mg) | Ca:P Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endive (Escarole) | 93.79 | 17 | 1.25 | 6.5 | 52 | 28 | 1.9:1 |
We also read it's high in fibe, vitamin A and K
Here you see me and Woopy sharing a leaf. Can you see, it's as big as me!
Okay, those humans are weird, we just eat it raw.
Please send in your pigtures or stories about how you eat Endive!
Also i'd like to know if it's available in for example the US. It seems like a very Dutch veggie to us...
Green Wheeks,
Lil'Wheeker (aka Daisy)
Btw, Because of the Great Piggyfriend Slave Penny tips, our slave is now growing Endive and carrots inside (as it's cold outside)! We hope it will work, one of the seeds sprouted, but as slave planted both in one pot, we've no idea wether it will be carrot or Endive...
This looks like the romaine lettuce we get here but darker.
ReplyDeleteWe have never had anything called Endive is it called something different here, or is Mummy just not looking hard enough???
We have never seen endive like that. Slave sometimes brings home the curly endive called Frisee amongst the leaves that her friend, Roly, the farmer who grows and prepares veggies for restaurants, saves for us.
ReplyDeleteWe don't all like it. Slave says that it is bitter and it is better mixed with other leaves in a salad.
We Googled endive and found that it is related to our more familiar chicory but the leaves on your plant are not the same as the ones in Slave's garden.
Slave is pleased that your veggie growing is a success. She says that carrot seedlings look like fine grass to begin with and then develop the ferny leaf that we know and love.
Hi Ghost,
ReplyDeleteWhee also have romaine lettuce here, we don't know how to describe what the real difference is... Mom says the romaine is thicker, more solid.
We don't know if it's available outside the netherlands, we hope for you it is, cause it's yummy!