[PickyPrincess]

Seriously, I only need one reason, and that's the taste, but this is more fodder for my "Why I Don't Like Leafy Greens" file.

Toxic spinach causes hallucinations and delirium in Australia

Authorities have urged anyone suffering from a range of severe symptoms after eating it to go to hospital.

www.bbc.com

 

[Old Gnome]

I love spinach - cooked, raw.

 

[PickyPrincess]

I have tried to hide spinach every which way and I just can't do it. I even tried to hide it in a quiche because there's no such thing as a bad quiche. But, it didn't work. 🫣

 

[KitchenWench]

Spinach is only edible if it's raw or in a quiche. Oh! And dip with water chestnuts!

 

[stickshift]

I can eat a spinach salad here and there but I cannot take the consistency of it when cooked.

 

[Wooleybooger]

I like spinach in quiche, frittata even a salad with mushrooms and hard boiled eggs. And a dressing of course.

 

[mouser868]

Have you tried poke or dandelion greens?

 

[PickyPrincess]

Have you tried poke or dandelion greens?

Nope.

I know about poke but haven't tried it, I guess I don't know enough about what it is though to want to try it and dandelion greens has the word “greens” in it, so that is definitely off the table, pun intended. 😛

 

[Wooleybooger]

Have you tried poke or dandelion greens?

Not dandelion greens but I have eaten poke salat(d). I've even considered getting poke salad seeds and growing it. If I recall it is invasive however.

 

[PickyPrincess]

Not dandelion greens but I have eaten poke salat(d). I've even considered getting poke salad seeds and growing it. If I recall it is invasive however.

There's more than one poke? I thought this was poke:

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[Wooleybooger]

There's more than one poke? I thought this was poke:

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Now that right there looks good enough to eat. This is pokeweed also called poke salad. Keep in mind it needs to be cooked several times draining each time and recooked to rid it of the tannic acid that can cause gastric distress.

Pokeweed: How to Prepare "Poke Salad" - Wild Abundance

Pokeweed is a nutritional powerhouse, but can be toxic if it's not prepared with caution. Here's a detailed recipe of how to make "poke salad" safely.

www.wildabundance.net

 

[PickyPrincess]

Now that right there looks good enough to eat. This is pokeweed also called poke salad. Keep in mind it needs to be cooked several times draining each time and recooked to rid it of the tannic acid that can cause gastric distress.

Pokeweed: How to Prepare "Poke Salad" - Wild Abundance

Pokeweed is a nutritional powerhouse, but can be toxic if it's not prepared with caution. Here's a detailed recipe of how to make "poke salad" safely.

www.wildabundance.net

I mean, if I'm starving and the zombie apocalypse is happening, I might give it a go. 🤷

 

[KitchenWench]

Not dandelion greens but I have eaten poke salat(d). I've even considered getting poke salad seeds and growing it. If I recall it is invasive however.

Have you considered container growing it?

 

[Roll_Bones]

Now that right there looks good enough to eat. This is pokeweed also called poke salad. Keep in mind it needs to be cooked several times draining each time and recooked to rid it of the tannic acid that can cause gastric distress.

Pokeweed: How to Prepare "Poke Salad" - Wild Abundance

Pokeweed is a nutritional powerhouse, but can be toxic if it's not prepared with caution. Here's a detailed recipe of how to make "poke salad" safely.

www.wildabundance.net

Its a wild plant here in the south. It grows everywhere. Here they call it poke salit or salat.
I have never had it, but its a popular dish with the old southern people.

On thread point, I love raw spinach in a salad and I like it in some baked dishes like the Greek way and in quiche.
I even get on my sub at Subway........lol
But I have never liked it cooked in the traditional way. I have tried to just barely saute it but it wilts way to quick and the texture is not for me.

 

[Wooleybooger]

Have you considered container growing it?

No and the reason the plant is loaded with seed heads like this. We have birds that will spread them everywhere just like they do the mulberry seeds in the trees around here.

 

[Shane R]

I let my daughters watch some Popeye the sailor cartoons. Then we went to the grocery store and the older one spotted the Allen's Popeye spinach can and wanted to try it. So I bought one can, fully expecting they would not eat it. I served it up one night and sure enough, she said, "Daddy this is gross. I don't really like it." The canned version does lose all texture.

 

[DoomsDave]

Love spinach, almost as much as Popeye!

I put it in gumbo, and with calimari and shrimp pasta dishes.

 

[stickshift]

In Popeye's defense, never once did he claim he liked the taste or texture of it.

 

[Roll_Bones]

I let my daughters watch some Popeye the sailor cartoons. Then we went to the grocery store and the older one spotted the Allen's Popeye spinach can and wanted to try it. So I bought one can, fully expecting they would not eat it. I served it up one night and sure enough, she said, "Daddy this is gross. I don't really like it." The canned version does lose all texture.

To me its the epitome of gross. In fact most all canned vegetables are not good at all. The exception is beans and canned tomato's. Some other things to I'm sure.
We buy frozen vegetables.

 

[Old Gnome]

In fact most all canned vegetables are not good at all. The exception is beans and canned tomato's.

Agreed.