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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.
>>
>> Have you ever grown it?
>
> I have.
>
> It still smelled like dirty socks.


Don't you live in Texas?

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> >> > 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.
> >>
> >> Have you ever grown it?
> >
> > I have.
> >
> > It still smelled like dirty socks.
>
>
> Don't you live in Texas?

South Central, around Austin.
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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>> >> > 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.
>> >>
>> >> Have you ever grown it?
>> >
>> > I have.
>> >
>> > It still smelled like dirty socks.
>>
>>
>> Don't you live in Texas?
>
> South Central, around Austin.


Do you ever get a month of growing season when it stays below 50?

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> > In article >,
> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >
> >> >> > 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.
> >> >>
> >> >> Have you ever grown it?
> >> >
> >> > I have.
> >> >
> >> > It still smelled like dirty socks.
> >>
> >>
> >> Don't you live in Texas?
> >
> > South Central, around Austin.
>
>
> Do you ever get a month of growing season when it stays below 50?

Depends on when you plant.
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>> >> >> > 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.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Have you ever grown it?
>> >> >
>> >> > I have.
>> >> >
>> >> > It still smelled like dirty socks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Don't you live in Texas?
>> >
>> > South Central, around Austin.
>>
>>
>> Do you ever get a month of growing season when it stays below 50?
>
> Depends on when you plant.


Should I take that as a yes, or are you drunk?

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> >> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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> >> >> >> > 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.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Have you ever grown it?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > It still smelled like dirty socks.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Don't you live in Texas?
> >> >
> >> > South Central, around Austin.
> >>
> >>
> >> Do you ever get a month of growing season when it stays below 50?
> >
> > Depends on when you plant.
>
>
> Should I take that as a yes, or are you drunk?

Greens grow in the winter here.
That is when I grow broccoli and chard.

It has survived temps down to 12 degrees AND ice storms.

Texas has a winter.
It was an ignorant question.
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> "Omelet" > wrote in message
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> > In article >,
> > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >
> >> >> > 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.
> >> >>
> >> >> Have you ever grown it?
> >> >
> >> > I have.
> >> >
> >> > It still smelled like dirty socks.
> >>
> >>
> >> Don't you live in Texas?
> >
> > South Central, around Austin.
>
>
> Do you ever get a month of growing season when it stays below 50?

I spent a week in Elko, Nevada a while back. They boast one of the
shortest growing seasons in the US, at 90 days. First frost is
September, last is June. If you want to farm, you have a choice of two
crops, hay and grass. The hay requires irrigation, since the annual
average precipitation is 8 inches.