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Default Bitter greens, bleargh

In article >,
Marcella Peek > wrote:

> In article . com>,
> " > wrote:
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> > OK, my palate is perhaps a bit unsophisticated, but I can't eat bitter
> > greens. Just. Can't. (For scale - I ate a single leaf of raw arugula
> > last night. Had to wash it down with water.)
> >
> > Anyway, I think I'll be getting a lot of them in my new-to-me-this-
> > year CSA subscription. So... what can I do to make them tasty? Any way
> > to tone down the bitterness? Also, what leafy greens are not bitter?
> > I'm familiar with a large variety of Asian greens (eg, bok choi, napa
> > cabbage, pea tips, etc), but what "American" greens are not bitter?
> > (Chard?)

>
> I don't find chard or kale to be bitter. I cannot gag down arugula -
> lord knows we've tried and blech every time.


Here I thought I was the only one. I just can't stand the taste of
arugula and always use a substitute for it in recipes.
 
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