Aster scaber is a leafy green/herb that has a bitter taste and unique smell. It can be found fresh or dried. This green is often cooked before it is eaten. It is used for stir-fried side dishes, blanched and seasoned…
Pumpkin Leaf 호박잎 (ho-bak-ip)
Pumpkin leaves have a deep green flavor. Pumpkin leaves should be harvested and eaten early in the season so that they are tender and not fibrous and tough. Pumpkin leaves have a fibrous film on the outside of the stem…
Spring Cabbage/Bom Dong 봄동 (bom-dong)
Spring cabbage is a crisp sweet cabbage. It grows flat unlike Napa cabbage. It is better to purchase or harvest smaller-sized spring cabbage because they have a better texture. This cabbage can be used for Korean BBQ as a wrap,…
Rapeseed/Canola Herb 유채나물 (yu-chae-na-mul)
Canola leaves have a mild flavor. The leaves and stems are edible. Canola leaves can be blanched and seasoned, made into kimchi, or seasoned fresh.
Short-Fruit Pimpinella 참나물 (cham-na-mul)
Short-fruit pimpinella has edible leaves and stems that have a fresh herbal flavor. It can be eaten raw or cooked. These leaves are also available dried. Short-fruit pimpinella are harvested early in the season to ensure tender leaves. Mitsuba is…
Sweet Potato Stems 고구마순 (go-gu-ma-sun)
Sweet potato stems are tender juicy stems that have a sweet green flavor. Sweet potato stems are harvested early in the season to ensure tender stems. Sweet potato stems are blanched and seasoned or made into Kimchi.
