I went to Chinatown today and got some veggies from a large Chinese supermarket. I went because although it's a bit of a drive out to the west side, some of the produce is about half the price of in-town where I live. I loaded up on lettuces, green pepper and cilantro. (Unfortunately the Chinese don't eat western parsley, so that was not available.)
I also got a few Chinese vegetables, thinking I could see which the boys liked and if they didn't like them I would stir-fry them for us.
One I got is called yu choy. Choy means 'greens' in Chinese. I found a picture of this vegetable on a seed packet in the same store translated to English as "Edible Rape". This site describes it: Yu Choy (Edible Rape, Green Choy Sum)
The piggies eat it, but not eagerly. They like it better than cilantro.
I am wondering if I can give this to them instead of cilantro? One of the piggies won't touch cilantro at all, the other eats a bit of it when first put into the cage but most of it just wilts.
Second, I got some greens with purplish leaves. Again I could identify the vegetable by means of a picture on a seed packet. They call it Red Leaf, but it is amaranth, Red Stripe Leaf variety. I found it on the same seed site as above, at Edible Amaranth, Red Stripe Leaf
They like this one so I'm wondering if I can feed it to them regularly.
I got a third veg, a packet of fresh green leaves called on the label "Bean Leaf". But unfortunately the boys are not interested in that one.
I also got a few Chinese vegetables, thinking I could see which the boys liked and if they didn't like them I would stir-fry them for us.
One I got is called yu choy. Choy means 'greens' in Chinese. I found a picture of this vegetable on a seed packet in the same store translated to English as "Edible Rape". This site describes it: Yu Choy (Edible Rape, Green Choy Sum)
The piggies eat it, but not eagerly. They like it better than cilantro.
I am wondering if I can give this to them instead of cilantro? One of the piggies won't touch cilantro at all, the other eats a bit of it when first put into the cage but most of it just wilts.
Second, I got some greens with purplish leaves. Again I could identify the vegetable by means of a picture on a seed packet. They call it Red Leaf, but it is amaranth, Red Stripe Leaf variety. I found it on the same seed site as above, at Edible Amaranth, Red Stripe Leaf
They like this one so I'm wondering if I can feed it to them regularly.
I got a third veg, a packet of fresh green leaves called on the label "Bean Leaf". But unfortunately the boys are not interested in that one.