Do you even kale?

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  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    Interesting. So, people actually like kale? I thought it was one of those things people tortured themselves with because self flagellation is so out of style.
  • mean_and_lean
    mean_and_lean Posts: 164 Member
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    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    Interesting. So, people actually like kale? I thought it was one of those things people tortured themselves with because self flagellation is so out of style.

    There are a lot of good ways to prepare it. I've had it sauteed with bacon with blue cheese crumbled on it, I've frozen a bunch of it and used it in soups, sauces, and other dishes, I've had it steamed . . . .
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
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    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    carmkizzle wrote: »
    Nah, kale tastes like dirt a little too "earthy" for my liking

    +1 and beets.

    Have you tried beet greens?!? Clean off the dirt and they taste like dust. Packed full of stuff. What stuff?!? IDK, but it has stuff.
    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Nope

    It's just greens

    Used to be cheap cattle fodder until it was picked up as a "superfood"

    One born every minute

    Not everyone is a sheep. I never had kale until it was part of a crop share I was getting with my sister. Loved it ever since.

    I was eating kale decades before I ever heard the word "superfood". It's not a new crop, ya know.
  • mean_and_lean
    mean_and_lean Posts: 164 Member
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    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    carmkizzle wrote: »
    Nah, kale tastes like dirt a little too "earthy" for my liking

    +1 and beets.

    Have you tried beet greens?!? Clean off the dirt and they taste like dust. Packed full of stuff. What stuff?!? IDK, but it has stuff.
    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Nope

    It's just greens

    Used to be cheap cattle fodder until it was picked up as a "superfood"

    One born every minute

    Not everyone is a sheep. I never had kale until it was part of a crop share I was getting with my sister. Loved it ever since.

    I was eating kale decades before I ever heard the word "superfood". It's not a new crop, ya know.

    No kidding. If you read my response you would see that I stated I never had it until it was part of a crop share. It had nothing to do with it being a supposed "super food" and everything to do with it being in my bunch of vegetables and being something I have never had before. I'm sure I've had it before that but just never realized what it was.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
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    Fursian wrote: »
    When they say "100g of kale contains x,y,z", are they expecting people eat 100g in one meal/sitting?

    Serious question. I ask because I've been looking around doing my best to get in more nutritiously dense foods, and haven't tried kale before and would like to try it, but don't really have an idea of how much to use at any one time?

    Just use however much you want. I don't like kale as the only green in a salad. I prefer it cooked so if it's in a salad it's always part of leafy mix.
  • ChicagoCalifornian
    ChicagoCalifornian Posts: 39 Member
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    Hate the taste but understand the benefits so I put a handful in my daily shake
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
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    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
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    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    carmkizzle wrote: »
    Nah, kale tastes like dirt a little too "earthy" for my liking

    +1 and beets.

    Have you tried beet greens?!? Clean off the dirt and they taste like dust. Packed full of stuff. What stuff?!? IDK, but it has stuff.
    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Nope

    It's just greens

    Used to be cheap cattle fodder until it was picked up as a "superfood"

    One born every minute

    Not everyone is a sheep. I never had kale until it was part of a crop share I was getting with my sister. Loved it ever since.

    I was eating kale decades before I ever heard the word "superfood". It's not a new crop, ya know.

    No kidding. If you read my response you would see that I stated I never had it until it was part of a crop share. It had nothing to do with it being a supposed "super food" and everything to do with it being in my bunch of vegetables and being something I have never had before. I'm sure I've had it before that but just never realized what it was.

    I think you misunderstood. My remark was directed more at the post to which you replied and just playing off your response as another example that not everyone only eats kale because someone called it a superfood.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    edited February 2016
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    I rotate my greens each week. This week is kale.

    Spinach is my fav. I also enjoy collards, beet greens, swiss chard and dandelion greens.
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 526 Member
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    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    Fursian wrote: »
    When they say "100g of kale contains x,y,z", are they expecting people eat 100g in one meal/sitting?

    Serious question. I ask because I've been looking around doing my best to get in more nutritiously dense foods, and haven't tried kale before and would like to try it, but don't really have an idea of how much to use at any one time?

    Just use however much you want. I don't like kale as the only green in a salad. I prefer it cooked so if it's in a salad it's always part of leafy mix.

    Thanks, @Need2Exerc1se! :)

    Yeah, I like a nice mix.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
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    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    Been eating kale for over 40 years, have no idea what that statement means. I have never massaged kale. I'm not even sure how one would go about it. :laugh:
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
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    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    Been eating kale for over 40 years, have no idea what that statement means. I have never massaged kale. I'm not even sure how one would go about it. :laugh:

    For your reading enjoyment

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/18/how-to-massage-kale_n_1601200.html
  • briggsykim
    briggsykim Posts: 75 Member
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    Not a fan. Gave it a try though
  • cbelc2
    cbelc2 Posts: 762 Member
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    It gets sweeter and milder late in the season. I am still picking it from the garden, but right now I have more red mustards and collards than anything else. My thought is to eat in season and enjoy all types of fruits and vegetables. Tonight's dinner is thin sliced mustards sautéed in olive oil, an egg, a little parmesan, and an apple for dessert.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
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    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    Been eating kale for over 40 years, have no idea what that statement means. I have never massaged kale. I'm not even sure how one would go about it. :laugh:

    For your reading enjoyment

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/18/how-to-massage-kale_n_1601200.html

    Interesting. Now if only I could get it to massage me.
  • xXxWhitneyxXx
    xXxWhitneyxXx Posts: 119 Member
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    Nope. Dont like the taste.
  • mean_and_lean
    mean_and_lean Posts: 164 Member
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    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    carmkizzle wrote: »
    Nah, kale tastes like dirt a little too "earthy" for my liking

    +1 and beets.

    Have you tried beet greens?!? Clean off the dirt and they taste like dust. Packed full of stuff. What stuff?!? IDK, but it has stuff.
    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Nope

    It's just greens

    Used to be cheap cattle fodder until it was picked up as a "superfood"

    One born every minute

    Not everyone is a sheep. I never had kale until it was part of a crop share I was getting with my sister. Loved it ever since.

    I was eating kale decades before I ever heard the word "superfood". It's not a new crop, ya know.

    No kidding. If you read my response you would see that I stated I never had it until it was part of a crop share. It had nothing to do with it being a supposed "super food" and everything to do with it being in my bunch of vegetables and being something I have never had before. I'm sure I've had it before that but just never realized what it was.

    I think you misunderstood. My remark was directed more at the post to which you replied and just playing off your response as another example that not everyone only eats kale because someone called it a superfood.

    Ahhhhh. You're right. I did misunderstand. Sorry about that! :)
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    No bread?
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,641 Member
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    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    so no meat or bread, brah?
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
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    Kale is thyroid suppressive. Since I'm hypothyroid, the doctor advises me not to eat kale.

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