On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 Nick Maclaren wrote:

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sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-11 23:37:39 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

Cavallero Nero (a.k.a. Italian black kale) is very good, but I
am underimpressed with Fizz. Not merely does it taste coarse,
most of it has started to produce flowering heads. If we get
another month of mild weather, I will get some early broccoli
from it, otherwise it will be a write-off.

We grew some white sprouting broccoli, grew is the operative word, it
has grown to a silly height and now it's snapping off branches easily
and falling over yet not a sign of anything sprouting.

I must admit, I see no point in kale if you have Savoy cabbage. One of
the team here showed us how she makes an 'amazing juice' with loads of
kale, celery and carrots. I took one sip and thought I'd swallowed
pond water. Vile!

I have heard of that recipe - love it or loathe it, in a ratio of
1 to 99 - I may try it sometime, on the grounds that it is neither
incest nor folk dancing, but am expecting to be in the majority :-)

But I do recommend that you try Cavallero Nero - the pretentious
eating houses that serve it do have a point, because it is actually
very good.

I grew some Cavallero Nero last year and was very pleased with it. A
very useful winter vegetable in a garden that I'm away from a lot of the
time.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK