Grow Chives and Use Them in Cooking

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The leaves are shaped like tiny tubes that taper to a point. They grow in clumps and emerge in early spring from winter dormancy, followed quickly by the lilac-to-rosy pink, clover-like blooms on 12- to 24-inch long stems.
The leaves are shaped like tiny tubes that taper to a point. They grow in clumps and emerge in early spring from winter dormancy, followed quickly by the lilac-to-rosy pink, clover-like blooms on 12- to 24-inch long stems.
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Here's a tasty and healthful side dish that combines an old winter favorite, parsnips, with potatoes and chives. Any leftovers can be used as a flavorful thickening for a hearty winter soup.
Here's a tasty and healthful side dish that combines an old winter favorite, parsnips, with potatoes and chives. Any leftovers can be used as a flavorful thickening for a hearty winter soup.

Snip fine-flavored, crispy green chive leaves over a salad
or a baked potato, or into a bowl of piping hot soup for a
colorful garnish that punches up the taste a delicious
notch, or maybe two.

  • Published on Feb 1, 2004
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