when I lived in Zurich I had this Catalogna / leaf chicory as salad, and I like it a lot as it is a bit bitter... now, here in Austria you can't get it, which is such a pity indeed... will ask a friend if she can plant some...
Last Fall and Winter we did an experiment for fun to re-grow different food plants from the cut off pieces that we would normally just compost. Here are some of the results.