Middle-Class Crisis II

[threebikesmcginty]

You'd have to have, at least, a good 1/2" layer of butter on the bread as protection against the kale turning the bread soggy. I'd have that anyway but some folks are a bit shy with health spreads like butter.

 

[dellzeqq]

The watercress at the Mumbles greengrocer was below par this morning! I was obliged to substitute curly kale. Luckily it worked rather well. I'm sure there used to be a smug-faced smiley...

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ooh! Almost as good as brown beer and crisps at the Waterfront Club!

 

[theclaud]

Curly kale looks rather nice. I have never eaten it, but I had better not start while I am still on warfarin, because kale is extremely high in vitamin k, which would mess with my INR. I look forward to eating some next year when I switch drugs.

Does that mean spinach is out as well?

 

[Aperitif]

Harvesting this stuff is a serious business in Pays des Galles - it is all done at night and the Welsh poachers suss out the crops using a kaleidoscope.
Police say there is a familiar pattern to the thefts.

 

[lukesdad]

I feel your pain - I'd run out of vermouth and had to use Pernod in the risotto last week

Pernod should only be used for cleaning drains.

 

[theclaud]

And kale is only good for the compost heap .

Apologies to Adrian, but this calls for one of these:

 

[theclaud]

Pernod should only be used for cleaning drains.

I love it. Which is just as well, because I once had an extravagantly freeloading flatmate and it was the only thing he wouldn't drink.

 

[theclaud]

Come on TC, it's cattle food.

The French disdain parsnips on similar grounds! Where do you stand on kohlrabi?

 

[ColinJ]

Does that mean spinach is out as well?

Some people spread the wrong message (including some nurses, and even doctors, who should know better). Warfarin works by nobbling the body's vitamin K metabolism, and green veg is blessed with lots of it, so they add 2 and 2 together but get 5!

The truth is, that it is helpful to eat a healthy diet including vitamin K. It is much easier to get stable clotting times when the diet includes a reasonable amount of vitamin K, and then adjust the medication to compensate for that. It is all there in the medical literature, but some people don't seem to keep up with it.

Consistency is the key. I try to eat similar things every week and my medication needs remain stable when I do. The potential problem with kale is that it is a real Vitamin K monster so one decent helping of that could swamp everything else that I was eating!

I have just had a good helping of rocket and I suspect that is K-rich too. Actually, it's about time I looked at the Vitamin K content of different foods again. I will check how much there is in spinach. It would be nice to have more variety in my diet. (What I eat is healthy, but it does get a bit boring being so consistent!)

 

[green1]

Kale...

 

[theclaud]

There's nothing I like better than a caramelised roasted parsnip. Kohlrabi, hmmm - not sure I've tried it. But it's not a tough old green leafy thing now is it?

It's one of these:

Also often grown as cattle food, but very good. And kale isn't tough after it's been fried in bacon fat. :-)

 

[Crackle]

The watercress at the Mumbles greengrocer was below par this morning! I was obliged to substitute curly kale. Luckily it worked rather well. I'm sure there used to be a smug-faced smiley...

It reminded me of something......nearly.....

 

[green1]

It's one of these:

Also often grown as cattle food, but very good. And kale isn't tough after it's been fried in bacon fat. :-)

I just wish that Kale, Cabbage, Sprouts, Broccoli and Cauliflower were just grown as Cattle feed. Disgusting the lot of them.

 

[lukesdad]

I gather (thanks Google) that it's like broccoli stems which I love, so I'll give you the kohlrabi. You'll have to invite me to Wales again to convince me about the kale though .

Tossed in a little cream and plenty of black pepper

 

[theclaud]

I gather (thanks Google) that it's like broccoli stems which I love, so I'll give you the kohlrabi. You'll have to invite me to Wales again to convince me about the kale though .

You're on. I could even take you to visit a German friend!