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"Mayo" > wrote in message ...
> On 9/9/2014 3:35 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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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
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>>>>> On 9/9/2014 2:46 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mayo" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> 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!
>>>>
>>>> lolol I love it))
>>>>
>>>> Now where did you learn that???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> A wee bit of travel, and a whole lot of reading!

>>
>> Well, spot on, luvvie))
>>
>>

> <bows>
>
> I try.


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