"EAT TOUR GREENS /&, or BEANS UP" ~ plus other veggies!!

[HiDelight]

Looks good!!!

we have had gray cool weather and because of that a very very long green season! I can not believe that here I am at the end of June still eating things like the escarole, spinach, beets, escarole and kale ..the baby carrots are so freaking sweet! ...none of them are the least bit bitter and none showing signs of bolting

this is the joy of gardening you know ..every year there are surprises and we really have no control

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi there

I don't actually agree Davaroo -- I know a lot of children who love their vegetables. When I had my restaurant I found that the children inherited the habits of their parents -- unfortunately in some cases !!

I loved vegetables as a child but then I was born in World War II & any food in quantity was welcome. I notice that children, when they go to school tend to pick up their friends dislikes & get much fussier for a few years but eventually they get over it.

Now a lot of schools here have gone back to teaching kids to cook & garden etc. Thank goodness.

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[me&thegals]

Wow--That is SO TRUE, Hattie! I was appalled at how my son's eating habits changed when he started kindergarten, but he has popped right back out of it. Still love his greens quiche, salads, peas, really everything!

I believe, and always have, that kids will enjoy anything you feed them. I think it's just what they're used to. It might take a while, but they will come around

 

[davaroo]

Hi there

I don't actually agree Davaroo -- I know a lot of children who love their vegetables. When I had my restaurant I found that the children inherited the habits of their parents -- unfortunately in some cases !!

I loved vegetables as a child but then I was born in World War II & any food in quantity was welcome. I notice that children, when they go to school tend to pick up their friends dislikes & get much fussier for a few years but eventually they get over it.

Now a lot of schools here have gone back to teaching kids to cook & garden etc. Thank goodness.

:rose Hattie :rose

Of course, you are right Hattie. I was being facetious. Kids learn what their parent teach them. I mean, scads of Norwegian kids learn to eat lutefisk, after all...

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I recall my daughter was happily munching a fresh tomato, once, when her mother spotted her.
"Ooooo yeccch! You're not eating that raw, are you ?!"
My daughter looked at her mom, then at the tomato, then back at mom. She tossed the tomato down and said, "Oooo, yeccch! Not me!"
22 years later, she still doesnt like tomatoes.

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi there!

LUTEFISK............................................................. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........................ ........................................Eeeeeeurk!!!!!!!

Don't Even say the word Davaroo!! I hate everything about it! I have worked a lot in Norway over the years & have many great friends there. One of them once prepared it for me. Oh my goodness it was awful! Just the smell of it as they opened the front door was enough. I tried it -- the texture is enough to make me ill & the TASTE is unbelievably TERRIBLE!!!!!!

I can remember my friends telling me members of their family emigrated to The US so they could have a better life Which meant they would never have to eat the stuff again........!! I had a little look online just now & look what I found:-

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/LutefiskHistory.htm

In my opinion the recipe should come with a HEALTH WARNING!

:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Reinbeau]

Blech! I'll stay away from that fish, that's for sure. My sister in law is Philippine, she makes a dish with fish heads and rice - she is not allowed to make it when my brother is home. OMG, what a vile smelling dish that is, the fish heads are preserved somehow, they reek! Ok, back to greens!

 

[davaroo]

Hi there!

LUTEFISK............................................................. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!........................ ........................................Eeeeeeurk!!!!!!!

Don't Even say the word Davaroo!! I hate everything about it! I have worked a lot in Norway over the years & have many great friends there. One of them once prepared it for me. Oh my goodness it was awful! Just the smell of it as they opened the front door was enough. I tried it -- the texture is enough to make me ill & the TASTE is unbelievably TERRIBLE!!!!!!

I can remember my friends telling me members of their family emigrated to The US so they could have a better life Which meant they would never have to eat the stuff again........!! I had a little look online just now & look what I found:-

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/LutefiskHistory.htm

In my opinion the recipe should come with a HEALTH WARNING!

:rose Hattie :rose

My mother, GOd rest her soul, was Norwegian and doted on lutefisk. She would make it at Christmas and every so often,throughout the year, would drive off to some Lutheran church or another for a lutefisk supper.
I agree with your assessment, though; it is vile. You can tell it was created by poor people on a hardscrabble land. But the fact that any Norwegian kid could be coaxed to eat it at all maintains your point - the parent teaches the children.

This also holds for some of the Asian foods, as Reinbeau implies. AS said: "Back to greens!"

 

[digitS']

. . . Ok, back to greens!

Okaaaay . . . has anyone had pickled mustard greens??!?

Not sauerkraut made from cabbage and forked into a Reuben sandwich .

Not kim chi made from Chinese cabbage. Not kim chi made with garlic and hot pepper . . . I don't think there's another way . . . or a mix of veggies.

Mustard greens . . .

Steve

 

[davaroo]

. . . Ok, back to greens!

Okaaaay . . . has anyone had pickled mustard greens??!?

Not sauerkraut made from cabbage and forked into a Reuben sandwich .

Not kim chi made from Chinese cabbage. Not kim chi made with garlic and hot pepper . . . I don't think there's another way . . . or a mix of veggies.

Mustard greens . . .

Steve

My wife makes a mustard green salad, something like a vinegar based coleslaw. Its pretty good, although a bit sharp to the uninitiated. This season I'm going to try making it as a 'railroad slaw', too.

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hi davaroo!

Now you've lost me -- what is a "railroad slaw"?


:rose Hattie :rose