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"Mayo" > wrote in message ...
> On 9/9/2014 3:23 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "Mayo" > wrote in message ...
>>> On 9/9/2014 2:46 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> "Mayo" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 9/9/2014 2:02 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> "JohnJohn" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> Yep, I've never come across any kale that I have liked) Still,
>>>>>>>> if his
>>>>>>>> nibs likes it then who I am I to deny him))
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Dutch traditional way is mashed with mashed potato. It loses
>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>> kalyness that way. But maybe that's the traditional way in the UK as
>>>>>>> well. It doesn't sound terribly unique.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've never made it that way. I usually sweat it with some butter but
>>>>>> this time I was in a hurry. I put it in the microwave with a little
>>>>>> water (the way I do cabbage) and it still came out raw, so I put some
>>>>>> butter on it. It came out crisp <g> First time here! I now learn
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> one can make kale chips/crisps and I will try that properly next
>>>>>> time.
>>>>>> I need to await the next crop though because I used up what I
>>>>>> had He
>>>>>> rather liked my 'mistake' btw and finished it all off <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nib
>>>>>>> 1: dip pen
>>>>>>> 2: beak
>>>>>>> 3: pointy end
>>>>>>
>>>>>> lol is that because I called him 'his nibs'? <g> It's another way of
>>>>>> saying 'his lordship' <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> It's a very classic UK colloquialism that most here are unfamiliar
>>>>> with, love...
>>>>>
>>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>> So I see, ducky ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Why an Aussie would be equally perplexed I can not say.
>>>>
>>>> Well if it is the first time he has come across it ... the things we
>>>> can
>>>> learn here .. eh? )
>>>>
>>> Too bloody right, lass!

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>> lolol I love it))
>>
>> Now where did you learn that???
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>>

> A wee bit of travel, and a whole lot of reading!


Well, spot on, luvvie))


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