greens

[asakiyume]

A guy I follow on Twitter is doing a couple of polls about greens (the things you eat, not the members of the political party... I mean if you're a cannibal that distinction might not be valid but I suspect for most of you it is, plus--no capitalization!)

Here is a link.

For those of you as click-averse as I am, there are two groups of greens:

First group:

chard
collards
kale
spinach

Second group:

beet greens
cress
mustard greens
turnip greens

You have to choose your favorite for cooking in each group. (You can go vote if you want--it will add a new dimension to his polling base.)

So .... do you all have favorites? Opinions? Beloved recipes? I cook spinach, kale, and beet greens; I have cooked mustard greens now and then, and sometimes chard. I did not know you could *eat* turnip greens--it's an exciting new piece of information.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Hahaha, food inspires such strong reactions, right?

The guy who posted the poll really dislikes kale and loves turnip greens!

[kore]

I also HATE beets, so "beets anything" gets an extra UGH from me. //only Hungarian in the world who hates borscht

[asakiyume]

I do like beets, but I don't cook them much because no one else in the family does!

I also adore parsnips. When my third child was still at home, she was a parsnip ally, but alas, now it's just me and my husband, I'm not likely to make parsnips. Maybe when he goes on a trip....

[kore]

Ooh, those are good chopped up and roasted, yeah, with turnips and carrots and potatoes.

[asakiyume]

Exactly! So good roasted.

[amaebi]

I feared beets and thought I disliked them, but I planted some and had them at Chun Woo's request and realized it was just those odious tinned or pickled ones that were brandished at me at terrifying church potlucks when I was a child.

I also thought I disliked spinach as a child-- all I encountered was served at school lunches, from tins. I first liked it when I encountered it raw in salads. (Revealingly, to my mind, my mother viewed spinach salad as a Great Test of a restaurant, because it was so prone to sand. Washing always dominated taste, for my mother.)

I love parsnips, but pretty much as an alongside to flesh.