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Old 23-05-2008, 02:24 AM posted to rec.food.preserving,rec.gardens.edible
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Default Today's harvest

Kathi Jones wrote:
(big snip)

Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk too?
Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into.

Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the
only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but when
we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as we go
through the garden.

Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we
never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a
white sauce with butter. Thanks

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Wilson N45 W67


ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare
to lettuce? Spinach? something else?

curious,
Kathi


Tastes like a very mild spinach to me Kathi. I like it much better than
collards, mustard, or spinach.