Swiss chard - is it hard to find in your area? A good substitute? Thanks.
On Fri, 01 May 2015 16:25:27 +1000, Bruce > wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 23:01:00 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:22:27 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
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>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> > On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:29:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > > wrote:
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>>> >>"sf" > wrote in message
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>>> >>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:59:27 -0700, Don Martinich >
>>> >>> wrote:
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>>> >>>> In article >,
>>> >>>> Kalmia > wrote:
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>>> >>>> > Swiss chard - where are you?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Very common here in NorCal. Chard is closely related to beets so beet
>>> >>>> greens could be close. Particularly, what is sold in markets as 'beet
>>> >>>> greens'.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>> You can find beet greens in super markets? I've never seen
>>> >>> unattached beet greens anywhere.
>>> >>
>>> >>I have.
>>> >
>>> > And it wasn't green chard?
>>>
>>> Nope. It was at a farm stand though, somewhere in CA. They had all kinds
>>> of beets for sale, with or without the leaves. The leaves could also be
>>> purchased separately.
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>>Ah, yes. I asked about availably at the a supermarket and you talk
>>about something completely different. What else is new?
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>"I've never seen unattached beet greens anywhere."
I see them all the time, in fact there was a huge pile at the market
this morning... many people who buy beets rip the tops off and leave
them... I ask and the produce attendant gives them to me for free,
otherwise they'd get thrown away.
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