Dumb question, I know, but has anyone ever simmered dark greens and
beans in the same pot before?

I ask because once upon a time I did such a thing with spinach and
pinto beans (with a hamhock and a chopped onion). The pintos were
from dry beans and the spinach was from fresh frozen. To my chagrin
and dismay, the result tasted oh-so-strongly of hot plastic. I had
done the same thing dozens of times before (and since) sans the
spinach and it had been fine, so I had fingered it as the culprit.

Does that sound right, or more like some one-off freak occurrence?

I ask because dark greens in with beans sounds good to me still. I
know I could just "try it again" with collards or spinach, but I hate
wasting food. So I ask.

Thanks in advance.

If anyone has a recipe or knows the name of a dish or stew that
incorporates these things, please let me know.

-J

"phaeton" > wrote in message
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> Dumb question, I know, but has anyone ever simmered dark greens and
> beans in the same pot before?
>
> I ask because once upon a time I did such a thing with spinach and
> pinto beans (with a hamhock and a chopped onion). The pintos were
> from dry beans and the spinach was from fresh frozen. To my chagrin
> and dismay, the result tasted oh-so-strongly of hot plastic. I had
> done the same thing dozens of times before (and since) sans the
> spinach and it had been fine, so I had fingered it as the culprit.
>
> Does that sound right, or more like some one-off freak occurrence?
>
> I ask because dark greens in with beans sounds good to me still. I
> know I could just "try it again" with collards or spinach, but I hate
> wasting food. So I ask.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> If anyone has a recipe or knows the name of a dish or stew that
> incorporates these things, please let me know.

I have put both together in a soup. I cook the beans first. And I use
fresh (not frozen) spinach which I add either in young leaves or chopped
larger ones only during the last maybe 2 to 3 minutes (if that) of cooking.
Fresh spinach, IMO only needs to be heated through. Not cooked to death.

There is a soup of kale and beans. I've never made it. But try looking for
the recipe. I think it might be Portugese.

On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:49:04 -0800, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 22:15:12 -0800 (PST), phaeton
> > wrote:
>
> >If anyone has a recipe or knows the name of a dish or stew that
> >incorporates these things, please let me know.
>
> I like this one:
> http://www.cookstr.com/recipes/pasta...ans-and-greens
>
I've made that (don't follow recipes to a T most of the time) but
everyone I served loved it.


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"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 22:15:12 -0800 (PST), phaeton
> > wrote:
>
>>If anyone has a recipe or knows the name of a dish or stew that
>>incorporates these things, please let me know.
>
> I like this one:
> http://www.cookstr.com/recipes/pasta...ans-and-greens

Christine, thank you for this! It is a wonderful resource)



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"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:22:38 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
>
>>> I like this one:
>>> http://www.cookstr.com/recipes/pasta...ans-and-greens
>>
>>Christine, thank you for this! It is a wonderful resource)
>
> You mean, Cookstr? I love it...
>
> Ophelia, email me offlist. My email isn't munged....

Sure, but neither is mine)

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