Sea Kale
Taken at Mull Of Galloway on 23rd April 2011 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens.
 Fact File
Sea Kale.
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AKA: 		Crambe maritima.
Brassicales.
Brassicaceae.
 Perennial.
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 Above high tide mark on shingle beaches.
70 cms tall, 60 cms wide.
Sea Kale appeared in Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book of 1809, and it was served at the Prince Regent's Royal Pavilion in Brighton. The shoots are served like asparagus: steamed, with either a béchamel sauce or melted butter, salt and pepper. It is apt to get bruised or damaged in transport and should be eaten very soon after cutting, this may explain its subsequent decline in popularity.