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[theinevitable]

Any good uses for Leeks? I made a badass leek and potato soup in the winter, but now it's spring and the leeks are twice as big and it's too warm for that soup.

[wombat]

We make a recipe for pork chops smothered in a shitload of leeks that's really good.

[theinevitable]

when you fry the leeks, how do you cut them up? Long strips? Like onion rings?

That sounds good. damn, maybe I'll just make that leek and potato soup and drink a cold beer with it.

[AugustWest]

Make vichyssoise. My mother used to make vichyssoise every summer.  It was so good.

Also, fresh beets are wonderful baked, with maybe a little olive oil.

[side_show]

Hey, I bought beets today as a matter of fact.  I'm planning on roasting them.  You can't go wrong with roasting root vegetables. 

[greenkoolayd]

also, you can pickle them with eggs.

[Carlos del Vaca]

also, you can pickle them with eggs.

There's a south central Pennsylvania guy. The bar we hung out most in college had a big jar of red beet eggs behind the bar. I'm not a fan, but for some people it was a thing you did every time.

[greenkoolayd]

im a guy from SCPA, but i dont care for beet eggs.  nor do i dont care for beets.  i'll tear some muhfuckin pierogies up, though.

(at least i didnt bring up halupkies or haluski.)

[CortJstr]

Beet-pickled eggs are the worst part of Easter. I'd say ham, but it does stink like beet-pickled eggs do. Plus the storage container my mom kept them in growing up had an ill-fitting lid so every thing in the fridge ended up tasting like them.

[side_show]

Oh man, I am so tired today.   You know what I don't want to do?  Go home and deal with cooking beets.  Fuck beets.  They can wait in the crisper drawer for some other day when I am enthusiastic about cooking. 

[smick]

I juice the crap out of beets, greens and all.

Also a nice borscht with sour cream is good.   (Though I make "Sour Cream" out of raw cashews, apple cider vinegar, and lemon juice.)

[greenkoolayd]

(Though I make "Sour Cream" out of raw cashews, apple cider vinegar, and lemon juice.)

i would call that bitter.....

[miles]

How do you make crème fraiche?

[jay-ell]

My best leek thing is also a soup, but it is not super heavy and I often serve it in the spring & summer alongside a green salad. (In the winter I serve it with crusty bread.) It is also vegan, which is handy at times.

I will also throw leeks into any old stir-fry, though. You can sub them in most anyplace you'd use onions. I cut them into rings.

[Nabubrush]

I'm drunk and on vacation so I'll be honest: I'm not reading all of this right now. However, we used to get the organic groceries box and we had to give it up because we kept having to throw shit out we didn't use. However, anything we did use was delicious.