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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?

I'll never forget the article I read many years ago about a US person
traveling in France. They were to have Swiss Chard for dinner. It
looked beautiful. When dinner came, there were no leaves, just the
stems. He asked what happened to the leaves. Huh? Why weren't they
served for dinner? His host explained patiently that the leaves were,
of course, not suitable for food. They would eat them in a few weeks,
as rabbit. The leaves were only good for feeding to the animals.

I eat both.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA