HEY LITTLEJOHN, KALE IS COOL AGAIN…
Article by Rebecca Smithers in The Guardian, 5th January 2014.
Jack Monroe. Twitter: @MsJackMonroe
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Article by Rebecca Smithers in The Guardian, 5th January 2014.
Jack Monroe. Twitter: @MsJackMonroe
love the way you head that list of ‘stars’ Jack! ;0
I was brought up on kale as my parents grew most of their own produce. It’s a great veg 🙂
Hahaa this is brilliant! Up yours Littlejohn 😉
OOooh. You and Gwyneth mentioned in the same line. That would be framed on my wall, if it was me
Great I got this in my inbox, we are in business. Deirdre I.O.M.
Kale has risen in popularity here in Australia over the last 12 months, but it is not cheap, usually $5 for quite a small bunch. I like it most as roasted Kale chips.
Kale is scrumptious. We had it today in a stew with ham, carrots, potatoes, red lentils, onion, celery, sage, thyme, rosemary and bayleaves. My husband concocted the recipe. The kids devoured it. :0)
Have always enjoyed Kale, easy to grow and cook – steamed is so good without loosing its goodness and colour 🙂
I notice that Bill Grainger is using kale Recipes in this Sunday’s Independent. We are actually trendy at last, having grown it on our smallholding for the last 30 years, firstly for animal food and then because we realised it was good for us to eat too.
Hey Jack. Fancy being mentioned in the same sentence as Gwyneth Paltrow and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. I reckon you’ve arrived!! x
you don’t expect to see the words Gwyneth Paltrow and trumpets in the same sentence!!
If only we could persuade supermarkets not to butcher it before they put it on sale: it makes it near impossible to get the hard stems out, it gets a bit dried out and there are no pieces big enough to make kale crisps. Sigh!
Oh yes, kale! Where i grew up in Western Germany, my mum used to make “kale with pinkel” quite often, it is a very hearty/savory dish which really stuffs you! It is basically kale with potatoes cooked with bacon and a sausage called “Pinkel” (yes, germans also smile about that name 🙂 ), sometimes also Kassler meat. Accompanied with dark bread and good mustard i can just recommend it! Even without the sausage…
See wikipedia for some info and receipe:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkel
yet I can’t get it in Tesco! I have to go to Waitrose. Love it roasted too with home made wedges
Yeah kale is coooool I bet he don’t cook his meals from scratch anyway
Kale was common when I grew up in Holland in the 50s and 60s. It was always boiled, cut fairly small and mixed in with mashed potato. Gravy on top of it and accompanied with some boiled smoked sausage. good cheap winter food which fills you up for when it is cold and/or you expend a lot of energy at work. You could experiment with adding a bit of mustard (any type) to the mix. Otherwise I would put a lot of pepper on it anyway. (I am not a subtle cook). Nowadays such food is really retro in Holland. NB: DO NOT BUY KALE IF IT COMES PRE-CHOPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG. That makes it impossible to separate the tough stalks from the leaves. If you get it un-processed you just pull the entire leaves off the stalks, no knife needed – quick and easy.
By the way, talking of old-fashioned vegetables. My absolute favorite was something we called “postelein”; possibly “purslane” in English?.(Wiki says “Portulaca oleracea, synoniem: Portulaca sativa”) A wonderfully subtle taste, even better than spinach. It is a delicate summer vegetable. Does it exist in the UK?
I love it, as I do any dark green leafy veg, but while not dear in and of itself, it is definitely more expensive than spring greens and far more expensive than cabbage generally. And you can mostly only get it pre chopped in bags, making more expensive per kilo. I expect the rise in popularity won’t make it cheaper 🙁
Kale and Chard have always been cool in my home. Readily available in the garden and great for solo dining xx
Always been cool in our home as always available in the garden so can pick as much or as little as we need xx
I love curly Kale and have blogged a few great winter salads with them.
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We grow Kale in the garden and, we still have lots of fresh Kale to eat (April) the growing season is longer than people think. If you keep cutting the young leaves you will get new leaves shooting….. You can enjoy it for longer! I like it stir fried with bacon lardons; http://www.behindthelavendoor.com