can you eat the green part of leeks?

>>21447153 (OP)
It would be very bitter.

>>21447153 (OP)
Yeah.
>>21447156
Not in my experience.

>>21447153 (OP)
You can, they just take longer to cook. If you're stewing them for a while in a soup stew or braise, then they turn totally soft. If you're grilling or sauteing them, they stay very tough and fibrous.

>>21447153 (OP)
no it's full of mustard gas

>>21447156
4U

You have to cook it way longer or you're gonna chew for days. But it's edible yeah and taste is fine

no its not food

The green part isn't ripe yet. Wait until the green turns to match the white part. Then those babies will be ready. Otherwise, the green is toxic with solanine.

>>21447192
yeah this

would chopping them into very thin strips help them cook faster? Thinking of using it similar to scallions after they’ve been softened.

>>21448735
Yes, as it does with basically anything. Should work fine in most places scallions would as long as you account for them being a bit tougher. Honestly, most alium greens work wherever any of them would.

>>21447156
it's a big allium

>>21447153 (OP)
What kind of bad joke is this thread? The green part of leaks play a similar role as spring onions in westernized asian cuisine except spring onions are added as garnish and the green parts of leaks are stir-fried.

>>21448753
well im op and a lot of the information i get is very weird on it. my problem is that i have chives and leeks (i have tasted the chive "leaves" and not the leek leaves...) and a lot of places tell me leeks are not edible and other places say other crazy stuff liek in chives throwing out the white part and im like what. i thought what you said that they serve it whole (chopped up too) in asian cuisine but i just heard so much stuff

>>21448771
Everyone saying they're edible but tough is correct. That's all you need to know. Just cook the shit out of them and you'll be fine.

>>21447153 (OP)
i want to like leeks but they're always full of sand, does everyone just ignore the sand?
>wash them
nigga i can't wash the insides of a plant

>>21448771
Oh, and as for them whole in Asian cuisine, Chinese leeks ≠ Western leeks. They're different species, Chinese ones being very tender and more closely related to garlic than to leek. The same is true of chive. Chinese chive is more closely related to garlic which is why it's AKA garlic chive. If you want Chinese leek tenderness but more of a Western leek flavour, calçot is the closest you'll get. It still will not taste like a true leek.

>>21448783
>nigga i can't wash the insides of a plant
Cut the plant. Put it in water. Swish it around. Ya dingus.

>>21448788
doesn't work for preparations like picrel

>>21447153 (OP)
omg it migu

>>21448794
Those have clearly been cut, silly tits. They've likely also been put in water and swished around. Ya dingus.

>>21447572
what about carrots?

I like those leeks they sell in late autumn, that were hilled, and the leaves are soft and crisp, but not woody.