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Cooking & Baking

no_hypocrisy

(46,130 posts) Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:14 PM Oct 2016

Leeks

My recipe calls for 1 pound of leeks, white and light green parts.

Question: Does 1 pound mean the entire leek with the dark green part you don't use or just the white and light green parts?

Thanks!

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Leeks (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Oct 2016 OP

The dark green stuff is tough and fibrous and generally considered inedible Warpy Oct 2016 #1

I would think that the amount denotes what to buy. Then you cut off applegrove Oct 2016 #2

Thanks. Making a recipe called hearty vegetable chowder no_hypocrisy Oct 2016 #3

Sounds great, elleng Oct 2016 #4

Warpy

(111,283 posts)

1. The dark green stuff is tough and fibrous and generally considered inedible

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:20 PM

Oct 2016

but I used to clean it thoroughly and save it for "garbage soup," a broth made out of vegetable trimmings. Leeks are very mild and in the absence of onion, gave it almost a chicken-ish flavor.

Usually the outermost leaf is removed right down to the root and the white and bright green parts are used.