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There is a certain point where ugly becomes beautiful. And, to me, that is the case with celeriac. It’s one of the absolute most beautiful – yet far from perfect – vegetables I know.
Beautiful or not, I had no idea what to do with one when we met our first one a few years back. It was gnarly, dirty and intimidating. It has also become one of my most favorite vegetables to work with.
I played a lot of video games as a child. Most gamers will recognize the concept of a ‘boss level.’ This is the most difficult part of a game that represents a peak challenge that you have to go through to unlock further challenges or finish a game.
When it comes to eating locally, April is the boss level of the entire year. It’s the month that sucks you in – the gentle warmth which tugs at your zipper also tricks your head into falsely believing that there must be a local bounty at hand. There isn’t.
Yesterday showed part one of this exercise – we dehydrated 5 pounds of beets into chips and did the same with an entire celery root. A lot of people asked us what we were going to do with them.
Let`s begin at the end. Our 5 pounds of beets now look like this:
There`s not much I can add to the title other than the photos so let`s start there:
