# I guess I don't like kale. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630 "2013-01-18T17:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630/21 "2013-01-19T00:26:16Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I believe he preferred Swiss, charred. Wow ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630/22 "2013-01-19T02:30:44Z")
it’s such a good looking plant. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630/23 "2013-01-19T03:04:42Z")
I’ve never been a fan of cooked greens. But we tried some “baby” kale salad recently, and when mixed in with milder greens, it was actually really good. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630/24 "2013-01-19T03:12:51Z")
Kale isn’t great raw. Even at Sweet Green, they don’t use raw kale, they fry them to make “kale chips.” I make a mean Azorean-style kale soup. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630/25 "2013-01-19T03:14:28Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > Kale chips > > wash and dry kale leaves > place in deep pan > coat leaves with coconut oil > season to taste > place in 350 degree oven > turn after 5 min. > cook another 5 mins or until crisp > Delicious I beg to differ. This is how I learned I do not like kale either. Nasty stuff. mmm ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630/26 "2013-01-19T03:15:21Z")
I had cooked kale at almost every meal sans breakfast, in China. Adored it, I thought it was very flavorful spinach, until I asked. Wish I could figure out how to cook it like that, I’ve tried but no luck. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630/27 "2013-01-19T04:13:14Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > I had cooked kale at almost every meal sans breakfast Nitpick: It would be “every meal _sauf_ breakfast.” “Sans” means “without,” not “excepting.” ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630/28 "2013-01-19T04:19:39Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > On the other hand, you **are** inflicting kale on those poor homeless people. Don’t you think they have it rough enough already? 😛 > > Pretty sure I’ve had chard, **Broomstick** , at least in its salad green form. Not so sure about cooked. I don’t do a lot of cooking at the moment, thanks to a kitchen that is the size of a small walk-in closet with about two square feet of counter space, so all I can say is that I know I’ve never personally used it and can’t remember if its ever showed up in outside food. LOL. The day we delivered 40 lbs of freshly picked tomatoes probably made up for it. I love Swiss chard. I tear the leaves of the stems, blanch it 2 minutes in boiling water, then squeeze out the water, chop coarsely and heat in a pan with a little butter and parmesan cheese. nom! However, I have learned I like the red-stem chard a bit better than white-stem chard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-dont-like-kale/647630.md?page=1)