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Default help on escarole replacement.

In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Mr Libido Incognito" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Jan wrote on 21 Aug 2006 in rec.food.cooking
> >
> >> I make a similiar soup using swiss chard, it works very well. I am sure
> >> spinach would do also. Jan
> >>

> >
> > Thanks but on further examination I'm not going with that recipe...well
> > I'm
> > changing it a lot ...adding carrot, onion, celery,fennel, some crushed red
> > pepper, pepercorns, bay leaf or 3 and increading the sausage, garlic and
> > stock amounts... so I figure the spinach is ok since the flavour will be
> > totally different anyways.

>
> Whoah...lots of conflicting flavors there. I'll predict that the spinach
> will not stand out at all as a flavor.


I'd use chard personally. I think it'd hold up better texture-wise.
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