On 7/25/2013 4:23 PM, Helpful person wrote:
> On Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:14:00 PM UTC-4, Roy wrote:
>>
>> Mein Gott...1.5 lb. leek....who on earth needs that size of
>> leek in anything?
>
> Why not? There's braised leeks as a vegetable side dish, soups, stocks, leek pie, etc.
>
Leeks (around here) are sold by the pound. Once you cut away the tough,
fibrous green stalks 1.5 lb of leeks doesn't amount to all that much.

Jill