This slightly bitter, aromatic salad green (also called "rocket," "Rugula," and "Rucolo") has a peppery mustard flavor Look for bright green, fresh-looking leaves Makes a lively addition to salads, soups, and sautéed vegetables
rocket (4) (eruca). or rocket Yellowish-flowered European herbaceous plant (Eruca vesicaria sativa), of the mustard family, cultivated for its foliage, which is used especially in salads. The leaves taste sharp and peppery when young and succulent but become bitter with age. A medicinal oil is extracted from the seeds. Atlas rocket staged rocket Thor rocket Titan rocket
Also known as Rocket, Arugula is the most strangely flavored of all greens, possessing a distinctive hot, peppery muddiness that may be an acquired taste Younger, smaller arugula is milder; old arugula may be assaultively hot