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I had to laugh when I saw your description of Kohlrabi as "ALIEN"...LoL. I had my first taste of kohlrabi out of my roommate's parent's garden in San Antonio, Texas, when I was in dental school. I am going to grow it for the first time here in my garden this Spring. I have loved this veggie for a long time and one of our local grocery stores, HEB, occasionally caries them. However, I don't know where they get them from and/or how long they have been stored. Many times they are woody, dried out, and just low in flavour. I could imagine someone hearing/reading about kohlrabi and thinking that was what they tasted like...
I have discussed this veggie with friends and fellow gardeners over the years and have always described them as looking like "Turnips from Outer Space"...LOL. So, you can see why I loved your reference to "Alien".
Thanks Harold, I got a large grin while reading your note. I've grown them off and on for 20 years. Don't even remember where I found the original pkg of seed, but I like to try the unusual so off we went. My sons were just little guys and I confess I allowed them to blissfully ignorant of the fact they weren't suppose to like veggies. Somebody ratted me out when they were teens, but it was tooooooo late. LOL
I'm trying to track down the variety that doesn't get woody, the gentleman mentioned, but so far no luck.
