UTILIZATION AND COMPOSITION OF ORIENTAL, VEGETABLES 15 
Add one-half cup water and cook until kale is tender. Then add 1 
teaspoon sugar to the liquid to form gravy. Serve. 
To serve with -fish. — Prepare 1 bunch kale as directed above. 
Wash and slice one-half pound fish finely. Put in heated pot li/o 
teaspoons peanut oil, 1 slice ginger and one-half teaspoon salt. Add 
the fish: stir the whole vigorously for one-half minute; then add the 
kale and one-half cup of water. Cook 3 minutes over a hot fire. 
Serve. 
Leaf-Mustard Cabbage (Brassica juncea). (Fig. 14) 
Chinese name: Kai-choi 
Japanese name: Oh-garashi 
Leaf: Crepelike or crumpled surface ; oval to broad and oblong to obvate in 
shape ; margin, notched ; 6 to 12 inches long and 4 to 8 inches broad. 
Petiole: Swollen, curved or straight, depending upon the strain or variety, 
and usually white bloom on surface. 
Leaf-mustard cabbage or " green mustard," and " Chinese mus- 
tard," as it is sometimes called, is a hardy annual. It normally 
grows 3 to 4 feet high and branches profusely. The flowers are 
bright yellow, and the seeds are small, round, and reddish brown to 
black (#, v. i, p. 157). The plant is a native of China and India. 
Leaf-mustard cabbage appears on the market in two forms, one as 
very young seedlings, and the other as fairly well-developed but 
immature plants. The former are sold in bunches of 10 or more, 
and the latter in bunches of 4 to 6. Two distinct varieties of the 
vegetable can be had, one with enlarged, curved basal petioles, and 
the other with straight petioles. 
To prepare soup. — Slice finely 1 pound lean pork and stir into 
1 teaspoon cornstarch and 1 teaspoon soy sauce. Pepper to season. 
Wash 1 bunch leaf-mustard cabbage and 1 tablespoon dried small 
shelled shrimp. Cut the cabbage in 2 : inch lengths. Put in heated 
pot iy 2 teaspoons peanut oil, 1 slice ginger, and one-half teaspoon 
salt. Add the pork mixture and the shrimp and fry for a minute. 
Then add 1% quarts of water and boil for about 15 minutes. Add 
cabbage and cook for 5 minutes. Serve. 
Leek (Alliunt pa?Tiim). (Fig. 11B) 
Chinese name: Dai-chung 
Japanese name : O-negi 
Leaf: Green, not hollow, flattened and keeled, smooth; 12 to 24 inches long; 
1 inch broad. 
Neck: White; 6 to 12 inches long, or half as long as the plant; one-half to 
I14 inches in diameter. 
Base: Not swollen. 
The plant is a native of Europe and western Asia. 
Several varieties of green Alliums appear daily on the market. 
The leek is usually the largest of the varieties, and can readily be 
identified by its long, white neck and narrow base. 
