Simple Greens
A food post, for once.
I love greens. I really do. This is something that is new. Since I was about 35, I have adored greens. Having been raised by a southerner who boiled greens until they were almost black, completely without any leafy texture and smothered in bacon, I was violently opposed to greens. It took me a long time to enjoy cabbage that wasn't in cole slaw.
A friend turned me on to mesclun, kale, spinach and other wonders, and I'm now hooked.She made steamed kale on a campout which is a pretty odd thing to cook in camp, but thank goddess she did.
(I feel sure I have blogged about this before, so I won't go into elaborate recipe writing.)
Favorite way to make greens is steamed with some balsamic vinegar and/or olive oil and salt.
Favorite greens: spinach, close second is the three green mix from Trader Joe's (collard, turnip and chard). Kale I like but in moderation. Spinach is quick to steam, kale takes the longest. Leave or take the bacon, but as a flavoring only. Also good with corn bread for soaking up the liquid that comes off any steamed green. Add a glass of buttermilk, and you've got a happy southern girl.
I can always tell when I have had some greens though it takes a day or so for the signs. And I will stop right there, so as not to be indelicate and completely un-southern. ;-)
I love greens. I really do. This is something that is new. Since I was about 35, I have adored greens. Having been raised by a southerner who boiled greens until they were almost black, completely without any leafy texture and smothered in bacon, I was violently opposed to greens. It took me a long time to enjoy cabbage that wasn't in cole slaw.
A friend turned me on to mesclun, kale, spinach and other wonders, and I'm now hooked.She made steamed kale on a campout which is a pretty odd thing to cook in camp, but thank goddess she did.
(I feel sure I have blogged about this before, so I won't go into elaborate recipe writing.)
Favorite way to make greens is steamed with some balsamic vinegar and/or olive oil and salt.
Favorite greens: spinach, close second is the three green mix from Trader Joe's (collard, turnip and chard). Kale I like but in moderation. Spinach is quick to steam, kale takes the longest. Leave or take the bacon, but as a flavoring only. Also good with corn bread for soaking up the liquid that comes off any steamed green. Add a glass of buttermilk, and you've got a happy southern girl.
I can always tell when I have had some greens though it takes a day or so for the signs. And I will stop right there, so as not to be indelicate and completely un-southern. ;-)
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