Vegetable
Oyster Plant
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Oyster plant is the English nickname for white salsify, from the savoury-marine hint of the cooked root. It is not an oyster and not scorzonera. Cook as white salsify. The name is flavour folklore, fairly earned when the root is fresh.
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Same As White
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Flavour FolkloreHeritage NameMild MarineNicknameNot BlackNot SeafoodSame CookSame White Root
History
GB
English gardeners sold white salsify as oyster plant.
The oyster-plant name lingered in heritage seed lists.
Chefs used oyster plant on menus for white salsify.