Buying local means...no celery

I have no celery but I want to make a potato salad. So what did we do? We went out in the yard and cut down a thistle. It looks and tastes very much like celery when cut and trimmed. Most people cook the stem if they are going to eat it. But it was great in this potato salad. It didn't keep long though so I would recommend making just enough to eat in a day or two.

The thistle in the yard


The gear


The thistle hunter hard at work trimming off the leaves




The stem trimmed of leaves


Trimming off the fine hairs on the stem and the outer stringy part


The stem all ready to use


Split...they are looking more and more like celery


Tastes like chicken! I mean celery....


Add your favorite potato salad fixins
Local farm fresh eggs


Potatoes of course and yummy sweet onions from the farmers market


Canola Mayo and some Dijon mustard


Finshed! Yum!