Scapes are the shoots of garlic plants and have a mild garlic flavor. (Pixabay photo)
Prairie Fare: Try a new vegetable on your menu this summer
(Julie Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., R.D., L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension food and nutrition specialist and professor in the Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences.)
“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 elegant curls. I d…