Get ready for the McDonald's McKale salad!!

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  • PeachyCarol
    PeachyCarol Posts: 8,029 Member
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    Kale has jumped the shark. Hipsters everywhere are frantically scraping the "Eat more Kale" stickers off of their Priuses or velocipedes or banjo cases.

    Anyone want to call what's next?

    Kohlrabi.

    I shudder to think of kale at McDonald's. They would NOT bother getting the stem out.

    I feel ashamed for actually liking the stuff now, but I WAS A KALE HIPSTER.

    My Northern CSA-share-having self is well acquainted with kohlrabi. I could do with more recipes, TBH.

    Cauliflower and sweet potatoes have their share of fad adherents, but they don't have their own bumper sticker. You don't get to be declared the Official Hipster Vegetable until it's available on a bumper sticker. Or, alternatively, an ironically ugly retro iron-on patch.

    Celariac will be the new cauliflower. You heard it here first.

  • sebenza512
    sebenza512 Posts: 42 Member
    I think that the tender versions (baby kales, tuscan kale) are better to eat raw for salads and smoothies than full grown regular kale. That said, I really like kale. Braised kale with garlic and tomatoes is pretty tasty.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    edited May 2015
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    Kale has jumped the shark. Hipsters everywhere are frantically scraping the "Eat more Kale" stickers off of their Priuses or velocipedes or banjo cases.

    Anyone want to call what's next?

    Kohlrabi.

    I shudder to think of kale at McDonald's. They would NOT bother getting the stem out.

    I feel ashamed for actually liking the stuff now, but I WAS A KALE HIPSTER.

    My Northern CSA-share-having self is well acquainted with kohlrabi. I could do with more

    Sliced, breaded, and fried in olive oil or butter.

    NOM NOM NOM
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    Kale has jumped the shark. Hipsters everywhere are frantically scraping the "Eat more Kale" stickers off of their Priuses or velocipedes or banjo cases.

    Anyone want to call what's next?

    Kohlrabi.

    I shudder to think of kale at McDonald's. They would NOT bother getting the stem out.

    I feel ashamed for actually liking the stuff now, but I WAS A KALE HIPSTER.

    My Northern CSA-share-having self is well acquainted with kohlrabi. I could do with more recipes, TBH.

    Cauliflower and sweet potatoes have their share of fad adherents, but they don't have their own bumper sticker. You don't get to be declared the Official Hipster Vegetable until it's available on a bumper sticker. Or, alternatively, an ironically ugly retro iron-on patch.

    Celariac will be the new cauliflower. You heard it here first.

    I love celariac! Also, cutting celery. That's an herb that tastes like celery but looks like parsley. I have kids who say that they hate celery, but it's the texture that puts them off...so i use celeriac and cutting celery instead!)

    Still trying to think of a veg that is suitably homely and obscure enough to be the next Hipster Chosen Veg. Turnips, perhaps? Rutabegas? Beets? Oh, God. It's going to be beets. Brooklyn and Portland will be overrun by people wearing bowler hats and horrible trousers and BRIGHT RED TEETH...it will be like some kind of weird vegan vampire steampunk novel....
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    I'd just really rather not.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
    They'll probably also use it as a garnish on their ice cream cones.

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  • sthoms2
    sthoms2 Posts: 41 Member
    edited May 2015
    Salads are pretty much the only thing I get from McDonald's. Oh...and the fries! I would try the kale salad. I don't really like the burgers from there. I maybe eat McDonald's 2 times a year. My kids don't really like it either.
  • southeRNurse2016
    southeRNurse2016 Posts: 20 Member
    Only way to eat kale is kale chips. Love those.
  • annl321
    annl321 Posts: 8 Member
    I love kale salad with poppy seed dressing, some manderin oranges and crazins. I also like it in soup.
    I have a funny story about kale chips. I was taking a train to my daughter's house 8 hours away. Needed to pack lunch and dinner. I had some kale I needed to use so I decided to make kale chips. I put them in a ziplock bag. My non cold food was packed in a plastic grocery bag for the trip. Every time I opened that bag the worst smell came out. I didn't dare open the kale chips to eat them for fear that the other passengers would think I had really bad gas.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    I die of happiness if they just offered a veggie burger!
  • dothefreddy
    dothefreddy Posts: 29 Member
    southeRNurse2016 wrote: »
    Only way to eat kale is kale chips. Love those.

    This truth here. Olive oil + coarse sea salt + cajun seasoning is like the best thing ever.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    alves_patricia wrote: »
    I work at McDonald's (Canada) and the new salads started yesterday. It's not only kale lol ! The base is a mix between romaine lettuce, a spring mix and kale ! The mix-ins are pretty good IMO. The only downsides are the dressings (like usual) that aren't worth the cals IMO so I would just sub them with something low cal from a random grocery store or a pack of hot mustard.

    Balsamic vinegrette? 40 cals per pouch I think, and I never use the whole pouch. Anything liquids will also help small quantities of other dressings spread easier

    Used to love their ceasar salad but then they discontinued it. I would try a kale salad

    Could their declining sales have anything to do with posting calorie counts on their menu? Say it ain't so...

  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    HeySwoleSister wrote: »
    Kale has jumped the shark. Hipsters everywhere are frantically scraping the "Eat more Kale" stickers off of their Priuses or velocipedes or banjo cases.

    Anyone want to call what's next?

    Kohlrabi.

    I shudder to think of kale at McDonald's. They would NOT bother getting the stem out.

    I feel ashamed for actually liking the stuff now, but I WAS A KALE HIPSTER.

    My Northern CSA-share-having self is well acquainted with kohlrabi. I could do with more recipes, TBH.

    Cauliflower and sweet potatoes have their share of fad adherents, but they don't have their own bumper sticker. You don't get to be declared the Official Hipster Vegetable until it's available on a bumper sticker. Or, alternatively, an ironically ugly retro iron-on patch.

    Celariac will be the new cauliflower. You heard it here first.

    Saw stinging nettles on masterchef the other day, that could be on the up and coming list, too.

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