Preparedness for when

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Thanks MAR I know it was usually served with oatcakes but hadn't any idea how it was actually prepared, makes sense to add in barley or oatmeal to make it more substantial and milk would add calcium and make it nutritious. I'm sorry but I actually like Kale, I know that makes me even odder than you already knew but it's been amazing thropugh the winter in the polytunnel so no whitefly and it just keeps putting out new tender little leaves so it's really good 'hungry gap' fare.

thriftwizard

Cooked with butter I can understand - it's rather good stir-fried until crispy with garlic & soy sauce - and I can see that butter would compliment the deep-green, slightly nutty taste. But milk? Yeuch! Although I suppose you could chop it finely, toss in melted butter with a spot of flour & black pepper, then add milk, stir until thickened, and grate some cheese in for a kind of kale au gratin...

mardatha

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GreyQueen

thriftwizard wrote: »

Cooked with butter I can understand - it's rather good stir-fried until crispy with garlic & soy sauce - and I can see that butter would compliment the deep-green, slightly nutty taste. But milk? Yeuch! Although I suppose you could chop it finely, toss in melted butter with a spot of flour & black pepper, then add milk, stir until thickened, and grate some cheese in for a kind of kale au gratin...

Now you've frightened Mardatha away...........

Gotta remember traditonal Scots recipes reflect climate restrictions on produce and also many centuries of hard financial times. Oats and barley grow where wheat doesn't, f'rinstance. And many parts of Scotlandshire are inimicable to veggie gardening; kale is one of the few veggies tough enough to stand up to the weather.

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Don't you DARE Missie!!! I'll make sure to keep it all sown in the deep south and eat your share too, just cos we luvs you!!!

Seriously though now I think about the nutritional content of that as a meal the milk and grain together would make a complete protien, the grain would absorb the milk to swell it in cooking and the kale would provide all the vitamins and minerals you'd need for health and I guess it would be a rib sticker in texture and very satisfying. Add in oatcakes and butter/cheese to fill any gaps and you;d certainly not be hungry would you?

jk0

My mother cooked kale with the Sunday lunch a couple of weeks ago. It tasted vile to me, and I asked her not to give it to me again.

My sister (who can't stand Brussels Sprouts which I like) reckoned it was delicious.

Odd to have such differences in taste in the same family, eh?

Frugalsod

jk0 wrote: »

My mother cooked kale with the Sunday lunch a couple of weeks ago. It tasted vile to me, and I asked her not to give it to me again.

My sister (who can't stand Brussels Sprouts which I like) reckoned it was delicious.

Odd to have such differences in taste in the same family, eh?

Maybe if you like sprouts you hate kale and vice versa?

I like sprouts but not so keen on kale though I will try it some more maybe I need to find a way to cook it that suits me?

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Sorry MAR....... I find that kale is very much nicer if it's either cooked with or accompanied by some sort of cured pork. I cook kale in the stock from boiling a ham/gammon and if I don't have stock I fry some bacon in a little oil before I add in the kale and cook them together. It's nice with frankfurter sausages and always more savoury if you gently soften some onion in the pan along with the bacon. It's even nicer if you have some sliced ham to go with it too!!!

thriftwizard

Mardatha, please come back, you're quite safe, because I'll happily eat it all!

moneyistooshorttomention

jk0 wrote: »

My mother cooked kale with the Sunday lunch a couple of weeks ago. It tasted vile to me, and I asked her not to give it to me again.

My sister (who can't stand Brussels Sprouts which I like) reckoned it was delicious.

Odd to have such differences in taste in the same family, eh?

Not really jko - you would never know that my brother was my brother unless you were told - and might need a lot of convincing even then:rotfl:. We couldn't possibly be more un-alike in every possible respect if we were deliberately trying...and that includes him eating in a totally different way to the way I do.

......and me = I like kale crisps I do....