Plesae help. If we eat it here in the uk do we call it by another name? All i know is that it looks like spinach.
2006-06-20 07:48:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Spunky and soulful describe the taste of mustard greens that add a pungent, peppery flavor to recipes in which they are featured. Although they are available throughout the year, they are in season from December through April when they are at their best and most readily available.
Mustard greens are the leaves of the mustard plant, Brassica juncea. The leaves of mustard greens can have either a crumpled or flat texture and may have either toothed, scalloped, frilled or lacey edges. In addition to providing wonderfully nutritious greens, this plant also produces the acrid-tasting brown seeds that are used to make Dijon mustard.
Health Benefits
Mustard greens are jampacked with nutrients. They provide good to excellent amounts of 8 vitamins, 7 minerals, dietary fiber and protein. And if that were not impressive enough, being a member of the Brassica family along with broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts, they also feature the health-promoting phytochemicals known as glucosinolates.
Free-Radical Scavenging Power
One of the unique features of mustard greens is that they are an excellent source of three notable anti-oxidants: vitamin E, vitamin C and vitamin A (through their concentration of beta-carotene). These three nutrients team up to scavenge free radicals, which are excessively interactive molecules that not only cause damage to the molecules with which they interact, but have been linked to a host of different diseases and health conditions. Beta-carotene and vitamin E exert their protective actions against free radicals in the lipid-soluble areas of the body, while vitamin C balances out the job by working in the body’s water-soluble environment. By providing anti-oxidant protection in both the water and fat-soluble areas of the body, mustard greens may offer great benefit to individuals with conditions ranging from asthma to heart disease to menopausal symptoms ...just to name a few.
2006-06-20 07:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think they are a green leafy vegetable that is related to cabbage.
2006-06-20 14:51:03 · answer #2 · answered by klund_pa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Found some photos of it for you......
2006-06-20 15:12:48 · answer #3 · answered by franja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is... that's pretty nasty...
2006-06-20 14:55:07 · answer #4 · answered by JP 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋