Pasta with scapes

[bif]

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Ingredients
5 or 6 scapes, finely minced
1/3 pound pasta--I used macaroni
olive oil
freshly grated parmesan

Directions
Saute the chopped scapes in olive oil until tender. Cook pasta, drain and add to the scales. Add a bit more olive oil and serve with lots of parmesan.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I've never seen scapes at our farmers' market. The recipe sounds wonderful.

[bif]

2. I've seen them at our farmer's market here in Detroit

But they're only in season for a couple weeks. I'll post a picture of them later. They're very cool looking.

[pinto]

3. Sounds good. Similar dish can be done with young aspargus spears.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. !!!

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In the purest sense, that of a smooth stem without leaves or branches, a scape is a single internode.
It might comprise an entire peduncle with just one flower (e.g. Tulipa) or just the basal internode of
a peduncle. This is in contrast to the typical compound peduncle, which morphologically speaking is
derived from a branch, or from an entire shoot.
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I'm sorry. I ain't eatin' no partial peduncle, full peduncle... no, not even a damn MULTI-peduncle.
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What the heck is WRONG with you people?!?!?!?
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[The empressof all]

5. This is also great with chicken cooked with lemon

Saute sliced boneless breast or thigh, with scapes in a little olive oil. I also throw in some cherry tomatoes, salt and pepper. I slice the scapes on the diagonal about a half inch long. Cook until Chicken is cooked through and tomatoes are about to pop. Add juice and zest of one lemon Add pasta of your choice. And don't skimp on the cheese....Fresh Basil and Parsley to finish.

So good I made it twice last week....

[bif]

7. That sounds great! I'll have to try it.

[Lugnut]

6. We grow our own garlic.

The scapes appeared two weeks ago. DH tossed them before I could get my hands on them!

[maddezmom]

8. I think I am going to try growing them this fall/winter

As I have called around to all the local groceries, the local farmers market and Hudson and Hubbel and no one has a clue to what I am asking for.

[bif]

9. Go for it!

Just plant a bunch of garlic cloves and be patient. We've had great luck with them in our commune.

[Lugnut]

10. It's not at all difficult.

DH built a long narrow raised bed next to the garden shed and planted garlic cloves a friend gave him to start. He covered the bed with straw over the winter and all the cloves popped up as Spring arrived. The garlic should be ready to harvest in a few weeks then he'll start his planting routine again in October.

There are plenty of resources online for growing information and garlic for starting a garlic bed. A local grower/landscaper here has a Hot & Stinky garlic festival every August that's attended by several garlic experts who sell garlic for seeding and share growing information for new home growers. There has to be a farmer somewhere in your area who could help you with information. We live in farm country which is a big plus but a few of our friends also grow it in their home gardens.