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Raab isn’t controversial. Florida, circa 2000, that was controversial. Christian Laettner not getting ejected for his stomp; that’s controversial depending how seriously you take sports or Duke-hating. Something being sold as “arugula raab” or “kale raab’ doesn’t even doesn’t even rise to the level of contentious.
Calling something/anything raab or rapini or worse ‘rabe’ may provoke the purists’ ire, but that taxonomy tells a 
consumer that they’re looking at the early growth of a cruciferous veg. Even if it is not turnip raab, there’s nothing to get upset about: Raabs taste good and…we should be excited about delicious, leafy green things.
My recent favorite is raab-centric meal, is raab, sausage from Salumeria di Carlo and penne. Unsure how to cook it? Treat it like a leafy green. Still unsure, fold it into an omelette, it’s a seasonal pizza ingredient, but good enough that it just needs to be drizzled in olive oil – the real good [stuff] on this Jim Dixon of Real Good Food and I agree.
