On Mar 7, 2:29*pm, Serene Vannoy > wrote:
> On 03/06/2011 05:21 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> > This stuff is not cheap (about $1.50 a bunch), but when my wife makes
> > something with them, she always cuts the stems off and tosses them. Do
> > the stems truly have no use in cooking?
>
> The stems are perfectly good. They take a little longer to cook than the
> greens, but they're not trash.

More than that even, many people regard them as the best part. I
sometimes find the green leaves of silver beet (as we call it here)
rank, but I always use all the stems. They are good boiled, steamed
and stir-fried; delicious with various spices (I am going through a
nutmeg and mace phase at the moment). The best suggestion is just to
try combinations and see what you like.

LW