Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

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Bergy
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Bergy » Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:56 pm

You can't beat it!!!!!
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Sue
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Sue » Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:02 pm

I cook kale like I cook collards. I find that cooking it in a crock pot gets it tender without cooking it apart. I recommend adding some water (not too much), some onion/garlic/chillies (or hot sauce) along with some form of smoked or cured meat, like bacon, ham, or smoked turkey.
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Bergy » Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:12 am

Sounds good Sue. How long in the crock pot?
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Sue » Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:06 am

Bergy wrote:Sounds good Sue. How long in the crock pot?
I do it high 3 hours, low 6 hours, but start checking it early about 2/3 of the way in. If it gets done before dinner it reheats well.
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Bergy » Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:42 pm

Thanks Sue
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Sue » Thu Jun 27, 2013 2:32 pm

Bergy wrote:Thanks Sue
yvw! :)
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Dissie » Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:45 pm

That sounds like a lovely way to cook it. Deepster, it includes your pork fat, just not fried! :)
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Sue » Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:32 pm

Deepster wrote::lol: :lol: :lol: Though I despise Emeril, I still think "pig fat rules" :roll: :roll:
I respect that you call it bacon grease.
I remember when chefs first started calling it "bacon drippings".

If you put a pig in the bathtub and let him jump out, the water falling on the floor is "pig drippings". =))
"Bacon drippings" occur when it miraculously rains crispy bacon. =)) =))
I wonder if those chefs had nightmares wondering if they said "grease", people would look at their recipes, screaming "Oh My Gee, it's GREASE! Run Away!"
We could call it bacon bling but it doesn't change what it is. ;)

Bacon grease to me is a pretty sight!
Image
It's cooking oil that tastes like....(you guessed it!) BACON!

"I don't like the flavor of bacon." (said no self respecting cook EVER) :lol:
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Bergy » Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:47 pm

Love the look of that spoonful of PIG FAT =)) =)) =)) =)) =))
Well said Sue
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Re: Cooking Kale as a Vegetable

Post by Deepster » Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:50 pm

Oh, Sue!!!! That is an EXCELLENT spoonful of "PIG FAT" :shock: . Ya know, I could sprinkle some confectioners sugar over that and eat it as dessert :D . Sure beats the hell outta those ah, errrr, "high" college nights I ate Crisco dipped in sugar :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
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