SPECIAL FEATURE

The pickled rakkyo is crispy and refreshing.
There are modern versions of rakkyo, pickled in wine or tamari (soy bean sauce).
Rakkyo is an onion relative.
It is an important vegetable in the Orient and in this country is grown and used mainly by Orientals.
The plants do not produce seeds and are propagated by bulb division.
In mild climates, bulbs are planted in late summer, and the crop is harvested in midsummer of the following year.
Several small bulbs are obtained from each bulb planted.
Rakkyo bulbs are mainly pickled, some are canned.
Also, they are used as a cooked vegetable.

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