Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Everyone Loves Chaya

By Sara:

Here are just a few pictures of people who are excited to plant and eat chaya:



There is also a special way Ugandans manage to slice greens very finely: line up the leaves nicely into little stacks, then hold one stack in your hand while slicing it:

2 comments:

  1. Great, but what exactly is Chaya? Obviously a kind of green, but is it related to something we would know?
    Bill Durkin

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    1. Chaya grows like a shrub and is native to Central America. The closest type of greens I could compare it to, in the sense of texture and taste, would be collard greens. But you're not going to find it anywhere in Michigan :) You can learn more about it here: https://www.echocommunity.org/en/resources/af937e2d-4b83-4da9-ac3f-375c98f167b7

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