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Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 01, 2013, 06:08 AM:

I have just readed an article about an American woman who came to live in France and couldn't find a vegetable called kale that she used to eat there. Actually, nobody in France (and in Belgium) knows what it is. Is it really common and famous in the US or is it a rare vegetable ?

Posted by Martin Jones (Member # 1163) on September 01, 2013, 06:11 AM:

Very common in the UK. See;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kale

Martin

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 01, 2013, 06:15 AM:

Thanks ! I will buy some when I come to London at the end of octobre.

Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on September 01, 2013, 06:33 AM:

My father used to grow Curly Kale years ago.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 01, 2013, 06:42 AM:

It seems to have many benefits for the health but I am always suspicious when one speaks about a kind of miracle aliment. I guess that a various food is enough to get the benefits of what food can provide.

Posted by Robert Crewdson (Member # 3790) on September 01, 2013, 06:50 AM:

When you cook cabbage, Kale, etc, you should really use the water to make the gravy as it will be rich in Iron; some nutritionists used to recommend drinking the water after it had cooled down.

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on September 01, 2013, 06:54 AM:

Dominique
Here's something to look for if you see a branch of Tesco.
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=252167192

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on September 01, 2013, 08:40 AM:

Of course it's a vegetable!

Deann, my mother in law.

Posted by David Ollerearnshaw (Member # 3296) on September 01, 2013, 08:50 AM:

Nice with fresh ground pepper too, was also cattle feed.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 01, 2013, 09:14 AM:

Thanks to all of you !

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on September 01, 2013, 02:08 PM:

Hi Domiinique, Robert is absolutely right, this applies to any veg
you boil up, use the residue in a gravy or sauce, whatever, they
are full vitamins.

Posted by Brian Stearns (Member # 3792) on September 01, 2013, 02:13 PM:

I worked 18 years at a supermarket and people used to buy it all the time. It some sort of lettuce green. It's yummy

Posted by Joe Taffis (Member # 4) on September 02, 2013, 08:44 AM:

I grew up eating a lot of kale soup, which is made with kale, barley, potatoes and seasonings, in a broth made from a hambone. It was a staple food item with the older Lithuanian community here in the coal region, and as Brian stated, very yummy! Lately I've seen kale in the supermarket in small bags of dried, seasoned chunks, selling as a health food type snack....

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on September 02, 2013, 12:52 PM:

I hope there is a supermarket close to to the train station so I can buy some before leaving London.

Posted by Janice Glesser (Member # 2758) on September 02, 2013, 04:59 PM:

I made Kale pesto last week [Smile]

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