Y’all got it wrong; you take the kale, clean it, and put it in a pot with a piece of hog jowl or salt pork (or a big spoonful of liquid smoke and a little olive oil), maybe cut up a couple of turnips into it, add a mild pepper, some black pepper, a little salt (very little if you are using a hunk of salt pork), fill the pot maybe halfway up with water (and you can add a little wine, too) cook it ‘til it’s tender, and eat it up with some corn bread (none of this sweet stuff). Nigella has a recipe where you cook it in the same water you poach some chicken breasts in; very good sandwiched between those chicken breasts and a mixture of garlicky white beans and chirizo..
Supposedly, kale doesn’t cause (or aid in the development of) kidney stones, whereas turnip greens, mustard greens, spinach, and collards do. Poke salad, now, can be poisonous.
Now, lemme tell you about fried or picked okra, and fried zucchini…
Wrong-o on all counts. Cut a whole eggplant into 1/2 inch thick cylinders. Brush with olive oil, salt and pepper, and grille. Mix 1/3 cup kalamata olives, chopped, 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved, a wee amount of Feta, crumbled, 1 1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp capers, rinsed, and a little olive oil. Spoon the mixture over the eggplant and drizzle the juice. Mangia! It’s to die for. As for Kale, rip the leaf it to shreds (not the stalks) in a bowl, salt it (critical – brings out the lemon flavor natural to kale), drizzle olive oil over it, and microwave for 30 seconds. Spoon on a tbsp of diced garlic and microwave for another 30 seconds to warm the garlic, and stir. There are nights when a bowl of that and a lightly toasted crostini are my entire dinner. It’s like vegan steak. And I’m a carnivore.
Adiraiju almost 7 years ago
How about fertilizer, or rabbit food?
Sherlock Watson almost 7 years ago
Great sport?
RWill almost 7 years ago
Tuchas, Opus. Opus, tuchas.
Edmond Dantes almost 7 years ago
I raise hens.
None of them has a tuckus to rival of one said penguin..
And I said “said” not “sad.”
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Kale as tuckus/tuchas implants?
Egrayjames almost 7 years ago
Add Okra to you list.
Phred Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Add zucchini to the list.
BillJackson1 almost 7 years ago
Y’all got it wrong; you take the kale, clean it, and put it in a pot with a piece of hog jowl or salt pork (or a big spoonful of liquid smoke and a little olive oil), maybe cut up a couple of turnips into it, add a mild pepper, some black pepper, a little salt (very little if you are using a hunk of salt pork), fill the pot maybe halfway up with water (and you can add a little wine, too) cook it ‘til it’s tender, and eat it up with some corn bread (none of this sweet stuff). Nigella has a recipe where you cook it in the same water you poach some chicken breasts in; very good sandwiched between those chicken breasts and a mixture of garlicky white beans and chirizo..
Supposedly, kale doesn’t cause (or aid in the development of) kidney stones, whereas turnip greens, mustard greens, spinach, and collards do. Poke salad, now, can be poisonous.
Now, lemme tell you about fried or picked okra, and fried zucchini…
Andrew Sleeth almost 7 years ago
Never heard anyone disparage eggplant as “slimy” before. Ocra, maybe, but not eggplant.
Sisyphos almost 7 years ago
Kale? Bitter; but, meh. Eggplant is okay if well prepared.
What is really evil, Opus, if you want to lead a crusade, is okra. Slimy, hairy, vile, etc….
Coyoty Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Never implant anything in your tuchus.
neatslob Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Eggplant’s proper use is as garbage can filler, along side the kale.
lindz.coop Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I like them all…..
gsteele531 almost 7 years ago
Wrong-o on all counts. Cut a whole eggplant into 1/2 inch thick cylinders. Brush with olive oil, salt and pepper, and grille. Mix 1/3 cup kalamata olives, chopped, 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved, a wee amount of Feta, crumbled, 1 1/2 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp capers, rinsed, and a little olive oil. Spoon the mixture over the eggplant and drizzle the juice. Mangia! It’s to die for. As for Kale, rip the leaf it to shreds (not the stalks) in a bowl, salt it (critical – brings out the lemon flavor natural to kale), drizzle olive oil over it, and microwave for 30 seconds. Spoon on a tbsp of diced garlic and microwave for another 30 seconds to warm the garlic, and stir. There are nights when a bowl of that and a lightly toasted crostini are my entire dinner. It’s like vegan steak. And I’m a carnivore.