[Sca-cooks] Kale with bacon

Sharon Palmer ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Sat Aug 3 07:20:44 PDT 2013


>I am finishing up editing Ban-fili (mistress) Cailte Caitchairn's 
>"Lawyers, Legends and Lanfills: Early Irish Food" article for the 
>Florilegium and in her suggested menu, she mentions, in the second 
>course "Kale with bacon".
>
>I have been trying to add more kale to my diet, as I've heard it is 
>fairly nutritious, at least compared to most lettuce and such in 
>salads. I've found it only so-so there.
>

Kale tastes best after it has had a touch of frost, and probably the 
Kale in groceries never does. When I had a big garden, I'd pick it 
all winter, from under the snow.

Ranvaig



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