Help with beet greens
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Will my beet greens get bitter?
Comments (4)Well, I missed my window of opportunity, and they were bitter today :(. I cut them all, and stuck them in boiling water for 3 minutes. Still bitter. But 4 minutes worked :). They have made lovely large beets, and I m still wondering if I'm doing the right thing, leaving them in the ground in hope of more leaves (which will presumably make the roots woody and icky), Thing is, I still have beetroots in the fridge from the winter crop......See MoreWhat eats beet greens and chard?
Comments (8)glib, the animals you mention don't typically carefully gnaw the flesh of the foliage, leaving the veins in tact. However, caterpillars will! Our original poster needs to look carefully for the beet armyworm or other such critters, at night with a flashlight....See MoreCooking Southern Greens - Kale and Beet Greens
Comments (10)Lynn, I'm curious about how you cooked your kale if you've done it yet. I've never cooked greens in a "Southern" style, although I'm sure I would love them done that way. In fact, until very recently, my only experience with kale has been in Italian wedding soup, cooked by my DIL or her family during the last eight years (since their wedding). But after learning that kale is one of the most healthy foods for you I decided to cook it myself as a veggie. I have used curly (Lacinato) kale and the more flat variety. Each time I have cooked the kale fairly quickly, or not at all in the case of the kale salad that has become so popular. I've cut out the ribs when they were large, and with the smaller leaved kale from our Asian supermarket I've left the ribs in, and then cut the leaves in about 1 inch wide strips and sauteed in olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper and a little lemon for just about 10 minutes. It is tender and fully cooked. More recently I have cooked it with similar seasonings, except for adding a little sherry vinegar after cooking, in the pressure cooker based on a Lorna Sass recipe. A large bunch of kale was cooked in just three minutes under pressure. It came out tender but still a little firm. We enjoyed that too. You can find the videos showing her cooking kale by Googling Lorna Sass kale, I couldn't find the actual recipe online - just the videos and while I have another book she wrote on pressure cooking, I don't have the one that includes that recipe. I've also made the Tuscan kale salad where the shredded leaves, no ribs, are combined with olive oil, allowed to mellow a bit with the oil and then lemon and salt and pepper added. I thought it was good, but not necessarily meriting the rave reviews I have read about this preparation. One thing though, that salad holds up perfectly for days in the fridge - a real plus when you just need something to take out of the fridge and put on a plate. I think I will try to find a variation on that salad that I would find a little more interesting. So the bottom line is you can cook kale long and slow, or fast by sauteing or in a PC or not at all in a salad - it's all really healthy for you! So please tell us what you did. Lee...See MoreBeet Greens
Comments (9)I love beets and their greens....younger the better. The leaves should be firm and bright and on the small side. Rinse the greens under cold running water, remove fibrous stems, and chop into smaller pieces. Cook the greens in seasoned boiling water for two to three minutes, drain, and toss with a little butter, dash of vinegar, pepper flakes. Olive oil and garlic is also delicious with the cooked greens. No, you can't propagate beets by submerging the tops in water, or even by planting them. Beets greens are VERY easy to grow from seed by sowing directly into the garden. Those young plants will eventually develop beet roots, if you have the soil for it. My garden soil is too clayey for root crops, but I do grow beets just for their extremely healthful and delicious tops....See Morebettyd_z7_va
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