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sweet butter lettuce
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:53:18 -0400, "Rachael Simpson"
wrote: To cook kale, you can steam it, stir fry it or eat the young leaves in salads. Or (my favorite) steam it real quick, then saute it in butter & garlic, gently and not for too long. I'll dig out the "How to cook without recipes" book tomorrow and give you better instructions for that. There are two kinds of kale and many cultivars. Kale is a very close relative to collards : ) Go read this: http://www.territorial-seed.com/stores/1/Kale_C99.cfm then click on the growing instructions in the sidebar on the left side of the page. Kale is a cool season crop. If you're down south, you'd have to wait until late summer/early fall to grow it. Anyway, more later. We have a darned grizzly bear hanging out around our place. The SO has spooked it off the driveway two days in a row. (We have to walk 1/2 mile to the mailbox this time of year. The driveway is too muddy to drive and we've been too busy to bring the 8N Ford tractor up here from the ranch to drive that in & out.) So we spent awhile this morning reloading the appropriate firearms with the heaviest ammo we have for everything. What a PITA -- I'm trying to put the garden in -- I hate having to keep the shotgun handy while gardening. Jan -- Bedouin proverb: If you have no troubles, buy a goat. Thanks Jan, I really appreciate it. I believe I am going to try your "favorite" way of cooking it - sounds good to me too. Wonder how it would be with vidalia onions? The main variation of kale around here is the dwarf kind. We are definitely down south (NC) so if we like it I will probably try to plant some when the watermelons, squash, etc is over. Oh, I went ahead and planted some sweet butter lettuce too. We normally sow right in the ground - but I started these in some pots I had to see how they will do. Also have to wait until there is room in the garden for them. Might have to move some of my husband's hay equipment................of course that might not go to good (lol) - have to wait and see I guess! Thank God we don't have grizzlies around here just yet. Due to growth in the mountains (we are in the southeastern sandhill/coastal region of NC), several bears have moved to our area in search of their natural style habitats. So we have black & brown bears now. 10 years ago, you would have never seen bears in this region. And I happen to know that keeping a gun handy while gardening or just outside with both the kids absolutely ain't no fun, too. (but we keep the gun handy for other reasons, such as snakes, cougars, bobcats, etc.) Good luck with your bear watching! Rae -- Susan N. "Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy." Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974) |
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