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digitS'
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Endive might be easier to find in the stores. I've tasted endive. It has been used, like parsley is often used, fresh and to add something attractive to the plate by the restaurant. I didn't care for endive but I don't eat uncooked greens, often.
Long ago, I realised that if I wanted more leafy greens in my diet, cooking was the way to go. This revelation came from living with my Ex's grandmother through one summer. She made a wilted lettuce salad, not by drizzling hot bacon fat over the bowl of lettuce but by taking a big head of leaf lettuce and tossing it in the skillet!
I was eating a huge "salad" when she did this. The lettuce cooked down in an instant. These days, I try to limit the bacon fat but life can't be all about limits . Less of this really should be balanced with more of that .
Radicchio is in our markets. I'm not a fan. Once again, I haven't eaten it any way but raw. These three chicory family plants are out there. Why deny ourselves a taste test?!
Just like anyone, I tire of one veggie or another. I'm surprising myself in recent summers with still enjoying broccoli ... if I'm not careful, I'll be eating broccoli, 12 months outta the year! But, it may be all the bok choy that I'm taking from the greenhouse through the winter. Yeah, I'm cutting down on the store-bought broccoli in those months. Yeah, fresh is best - my summer broccoli tastes like a different vegetable from what I can buy in the stores.
Steve
Long ago, I realised that if I wanted more leafy greens in my diet, cooking was the way to go. This revelation came from living with my Ex's grandmother through one summer. She made a wilted lettuce salad, not by drizzling hot bacon fat over the bowl of lettuce but by taking a big head of leaf lettuce and tossing it in the skillet!
I was eating a huge "salad" when she did this. The lettuce cooked down in an instant. These days, I try to limit the bacon fat but life can't be all about limits . Less of this really should be balanced with more of that .
Radicchio is in our markets. I'm not a fan. Once again, I haven't eaten it any way but raw. These three chicory family plants are out there. Why deny ourselves a taste test?!
Just like anyone, I tire of one veggie or another. I'm surprising myself in recent summers with still enjoying broccoli ... if I'm not careful, I'll be eating broccoli, 12 months outta the year! But, it may be all the bok choy that I'm taking from the greenhouse through the winter. Yeah, I'm cutting down on the store-bought broccoli in those months. Yeah, fresh is best - my summer broccoli tastes like a different vegetable from what I can buy in the stores.
Steve