On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:22:37 -0800, gtr wrote:

> On 2012-12-14 03:56:51 +0000, sf said:
>
>> On Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:30:12 PM UTC-8, Bryan wrote:
>>> On Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:59:58 AM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1 lb fresh greens such as spinach, chard or kale, washed and chopped
>>>
>>> It seems strange to think of those 3 being interchangeable.
>>
>> In any case, I'm not sure why you can't visualize interchanging the
>> three greens. The biggest difference between them is the length of time
>> they'd need to cook, but when you're dealing with young greens the
>> difference is negligible. Personally, I don't like kale - no matter how
>> young it is (although I do like kale chips), but my DIL loves it, so I
>> included it on the list for her.
>
> I too have never been a kale fan, but recently Nancy read a number of
> recipes by Mark Bitman where he preps kale for use in a straight-ahead
> salads and now I love the stuff. It's in a number of his salad recipes.
>
> You drizzle a teaspoon if olive oil and a liberal shake of salt over
> the kale knead it "until tender and beginning to wilt", 1 to 2 minutes.
> She then let's it sit for 15 minutes or so while she does other stuff.
> Amazingly, I like it; it doesn't have so much muscle in it any more and
> has a pretty good taste.

Any time I eat kale I can see bits of green stuff in my poop and on
the toilet paper. What's the use of eating it if it just passes right
through you without being digested?