Kale

Vitamins are good
In Kale they seem to abound
Yet Kale is not good

Kale is that cabbage stuff right?

Kale is land coral
Tasty? I would say NOT
Still a yuppie treat

Put baby kale in skillet with small amount of oil, garlic, and oyster sauce. Cook until tender.
Learned that recipe in Malaysia where it's a staple. Makes it very tolerable.

Kale is good cooked right
Give it a try sometime
Not as bad as Durian

Stepchild of cabbage —
Dark green-leaved, heartbitter. Kale.
Rhymes with fail? 'Bout right.

All hail mighy Kale
produce that's good for you
but tastes like wet grass

If cooked properly
A cullinary goddess
Can make Kale taste good

This is the only from of Kale I've been able to actually eat. I made it for everyone at Thanksgiving, and it was gone in a flash. Thanks Aarti!

http://bit.ly/gAA5HA

Now, now, now
My rabbits love kale!
Nom nom nom

Not hale and hearty,
This vegetable misled me.
I'm kale and farty.

Requires the american pronunciation of vegetable (VEJ-tuh-bull) and imposes a decidedly occidental rhyme scheme upon a form that requires none. Oh, and it's rude. Sorry.

Preheat 350.
Remove stems, tear to bite size.
Oil; salt; bake; enjoy!

kale is sad and green
never meant to be eaten
well maybe by buns

actually, it isnt even good for bunnies.
ok, i'll amend the last line--

maybe use for mulch.

Sorry, we all love kale around here. My young nieces scream (yes, scream) in excitement when I tell them we're having kale for dinner, and they shower me with hugs and declarations that I'm THE BEST.

And don't get me started on kale chips, which are "blink and they're gone" when they niecelings are around.

We usually eat kale with chorizo and tomatoes. The trick is to add VERY LITTLE water. You don't want it turning limp and soggy!

If one must praise kale
It's not as bad as Swiss chard
...and that's all I got.

No Haiku, jus' some general observations.

I have some kale growing in my backyard, which I've been eating as medicine, not for pleasure. Someone told me to let it sit in the yard and pick it after the first frost or snowfall (it's such a hearty plant that it does not all die in cold weather.) Lo and behold, the flavor was much improved. It also tastes better when it's cooked with red onions.

I would like to get the recipe for those kale chips.

Kale is good for you
Supposedly, but yea
I still won't eat it.

I feel your pain, Dave
My daughter discovered kale
Now I suffer, too

What a fail is Kale.
Who'd mail a Kale I shall wail?
Now I'll flail and bail.

I didn't know it
'til I was twenty-five, but
Kale makes rockin' soup.

I never know what else to do with it, but I love kale in soup. Make some chicken soup, toss in some coarsely chopped kale, and you have a happy Shrewd.

Eggnog, however... that I'll agree with you on. Blargh.

Dave, no drive this week
I saw you drawing it, but
Nosh is not up yet.

The recipe for Kale Chips is so simple it could be expressed in 17 syllables (see above Haiku by reggerard).

Or you could get complicated. Our kale chips are made with tahini, garlic, paprika, and lemon juice. THEY ARE YUM.

Mom discovered kale
Lurking in the produce aisle
Tried it, now she's dead.

Frankly, I blame the kale.

Heh.

Sorry, I've tried kale in lots of ways and still think it tastes like moss off of tree bark. Worse than spinach (sorry, Popeye).

Need a colon scrub.
What will do the job the best?
Look out! Here comes Kale!

A man derides kale
Bean slave, swilling foul hell-brew:
No room to talk.

Just sayin'.