"Kathi Jones" > wrote in message
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> (big snip)
>
>>>> Do you use raw chard in your salad and is it just the leaf or stalk
>>>> too? Never considered eating it raw. Funny the ruts one can get into.
>>>>
>>> Chard is the only green we grow down here in SW Louisiana as it is the
>>> only one I actually enjoy eating. We use just the leaf in salads but
>>> when we cook it we use stalk and all. Sometimes we just graze on it as
>>> we go through the garden.
>> Although my grandfather always seemed to have chard in his garden, we
>> never ate the leaves - always just boiled the stalks and had them with a
>> white sauce with butter. Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Wilson N45 W67
>
> ok, so I'm a chard virgin....what does it taste like? how does it compare
> to lettuce? Spinach? something else?
>
> curious,
> Kathi
>
I've found tender young chard better tasting than spinnich and doesn't bolt
so quick down here in the heat.
m2cw
Edrena