Prairie Fare: Try a new vegetable on your menu this summer

Scapes are the shoots of garlic plants and have a mild garlic flavor. (Pixabay photo)

Scapes are the shoots of garlic plants and have a mild garlic flavor. (Pixabay photo)

“I brought you some scapes,” a graduate student said with a smile as he handed me a plastic bag.Fortunately, I knew what he meant, or I might have been a bit tentative about opening the bag. I have never been in possession of a bagful of freshly harvested scapes. I peeked in the bag and saw the long, curly green vegetation. The scapes looked like super-long thin green beans with eleg...

To access content, please login or purchase a subscription.