Neglected Foods Most of us, not least those who grow
for the market, are too conservative in our potagers. The continental bean, eaten with the pod, and the pea of a like nature ; the custard marrow ; Salsify or the vegetable oyster ; asparagus kale ; species of carrot sown in July or even August ; coarser lettuces grown for cooking ; celeriac and even seakale ; the egg plant ; and bleached chicory, in which the Belgian gardeners excel—these are some few of the vegetables which we see too Seldom ; and so far as my experience goes the vegetarians are as little enterprising in this regard as the rest of the population. Another vegetable which does very well in England, though the point is disputed, is maize 'or corn in the cob. The devouring of it is a rather clumsy process perhaps, but 'is well worth while. It ripens much more certainly than the out-of-door tomato, which some gardeners insist on growing. Some regret the neglect of the dandelion as a salad plant. To my taste the best of the wild leaves, though it must be used in small quantities is sorrel.
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