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

[larryhammer]

I just cooked chard last night, and it was the clear obvious one to pull out and use, so that's an easy ticky. The second, I usually prefer beet greens over the others, but it's been a while since I've done any of them -- not since we left the CSA.

The chard, I did the usual stir-frying with onions and olive oil, plus some protein (in this case, peanuts), for serving on top of the evening's carb base (spaghetti this time). Time was, I'd've mixed it in with the noodles, but TBD, being 4, has Strong Feelings about having the sauce of whatever variety on the side.

[asakiyume]

Yum! Plain old stir fry is delicious. And I'm smiling about TBD and remembering the classic Roz Chast cartoon about the childhood house of horrors: one of the things it contains is the plate of food where the items are touching each other.

[larryhammer]

TBD is disappointed that it is impossible both a) have the components of a soup served separately and b) still have a soup.

[asakiyume]

Poor TBD. It's like wanting it to be soup, only dry--although actually, that would be easier: she could munch on unreconstituted ramen.

[larryhammer]

TBD does, actually -- while the rest of the package is cooking.

Ramen from a plate, even if it's nominally there just to cool it, is preferred from eating directly from the bowl. (Though last night, in a restaurant, they did eventually stop pulling it out and ate from the soup. They also, wonder of wonders, ate half the charshu pork.)