Growing up, it was often our main dish, with little slices of lean pork, seasoned by soy sauce, mirin and sugar. When shopping for Chinese cabbage, make sure they are heavy and dense.

Jennifer Bayne’s 7 Wonders Farm is growing it in hoop houses. Chinese cabbage is oblong and foot-long, rather than spherical like our familiar Western cabbage.

Chinese cabbage, a fast-growing, economically important leafy vegetable, has its flowering timing closely tied to environmental cues, particularly vernalization.