Strange Brew by John Deering for April 03, 2024

Be very suspicious of anyone who claims that they do

No, Spinach grown on you. As you get older, you lose the ability to taste bitter, so spinach starts to taste good.

Maybe if you tried eating instead of smoking it, you would appreciate spinach more.

Canned? Yeah, that would turn anyone off the stuff. Fresh? Mighty fine.

Hrmph. I like cooked spinach. What I don’t like AT ALL is canned spinach! Eeeyuck!

I had spinach stuffed tortellini for supper last night. It was very good.

As others have been saying, it’s canned spinach that gives it a bad rep.

I don’t care for creamed spinach.

What about broccoli?

I actually LOVE spinach.

I love fresh spinach and eat it in salads quite a lot. Canned? Pass.

I do, uncooked!

How about olive oil?

touch of vinegar , salt and pepper.

that’s the ticket

“Yeah but they keep sayin’ ’don’t mess with the brand.. DON’T MESS WITH THE BRAND’..”

The psychiatrist must be thinking of kale. Nobody likes kale. Spinach, on the other hand, tastes great, just not the canned stuff that Popeye has to eat.

I have a good friend who LOVES that slimy glop that comes in a can but despises fresh spinach, raw# or steamed.

(#) Spinach is one of the many vegetables that should be eaten cooked rather than raw. Proper cooking releases the nutrients and renders veggies more digestible. Spinach (and some other greens) contain oxalates which can be injurious; they bind to calcium which precipitates calcium oxalate crystals and can lead to kidney stones. Probably the only veggies which are best eaten raw are onions, leeks, and garlic; cooking them destroys their beneficial micro-nutrient content.

Swiss chard is easier to grow, Summer heat tolerant, cold resistant — and the rib stems can be used in place of celery for cooking.

I yam what I yam. Toot toot.

I like spinach, as long as it’s not canned.

Cream cheese spinach omelette, makes me eggstatic.

He carries it under his clothes and he’s spinachy all day.

hey i love spinach!

I like Impossibly Easy Vegetable Pie (a Betty Crocker recipe) made with a pound of frozen spinach thawed and drained. I skip the green pepper and use very finely sliced onion plus some garlic powder.

I love raw spinach but can’t stand it cooked.

Just barely cooked is best. Vitamins in spinach and a lot of other vegetables are released when lightly cooked but destroyed when overcooked. I can smell the difference, hate that overcooked taste and odor.

Especially the canned stuff.

Last night, we went out to eat at our local choice for “Mexican” food. I got, as I usually do when there, the spinach and mushroom enchilada, with the added-cost option of “la crema” sauce instead of salsa verde. YUMMY! I’m not vegetarian, but when that’s what the best dish on the menu is, I’ll eat it with great pleasure! Spouse got their chicken enchilada “la crema” which is also good.

Canned, fresh, frozen. And turnip tops too.

“I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.”

I’ve loved it since I was a kid. Chard too.