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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2019-02-17 10:29 a.m., cshenk wrote:
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>> I think the main difference is you are more apt to make different meals
>> for folks while I will just have a side dish one doesnt like (but the
>> other 2 do) so make one of the other side dishes have plenty extra to
>> make up (and something the other really likes).
>>
>> Take Spinach for example. Don hates it because it was apparently at
>> every meal when he was a kid. Charlotte and I love it.

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> I am not interested in spinach as a side. I at it too many times as a kid
> where it was overcooked and had that nasty flavour that spinach develops
> when cooked too long. I have since had it barely steamed (lightly steamed
> for Jill's benefit ;-) ) and I know that it is much more palatable that
> way, but I still can't get over the years of nastiness. However, I find
> it very pleasant as an ingredient. I love spanakopita and similar dishes.
> One of my favourite egg dishes is scrambled eggs with spinach with hot
> sauce. I also like Eggs Florentine. I had tried it at a place that added
> chopped spinach to an imitation Hollandaise sauce. I have tried it more
> recently as a couple local restaurants that use a real Hollandaise sauce
> and blanched spinach.
>
>
> One of the best soups I ever had was one I ordered as the lesser of two
> evils in a restaurant two coarse menu. The first course was a choice of
> Caesar salad or spinach soup. I opted for the soup and thought I would
> have less qualms about leaving most of it. There was nothing left. It was
> so good I ate it to the last drop.


As a kid, the only spinach we had was canned. Blech. When I make spinach,
it's either as a salad or in something. Like a soup or pasta filling.
Sometimes I use a few leaves on a sandwich instead of lettuce.

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