Spinach - a German recipe
This dish is sometimes garnished with slices of hard-boiled eggs.
My wife likes to eat this mixed with mashed potatoes and a nice
brown gravy.
You could also liven this up with a chopped onion (brown before
adding to the spinach), some minced garlic, 2 Tbsp red wine
vinegar, and/or 1/2 tsp nutmeg.
For more flavor, substitute beef broth for the water when cooking
the spinach.
For a different texture and flavor, put the just-washed spinach
through a blender. Saute it, the butter, some onion in the pan.
Add a little beef broth from time to time.

1 pound fresh spinach
water
1/2 Tbsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp butter
4 strips bacon

Crisp and crumble the bacon.
If necessary, cut off the spinach roots.
Break the leaves apart and drop them in a pan of water.
Wash well, and then lift them into a second pan of water.
Wash again.
Continue until no sand appears in the bottom of the pan.
Lift from the water.
Drain.
Place in a pan of water, with just enough water to cover the
spinach.
Add the salt and pepper.
Cook until tender.
Drain the water.
Put the spinach through a grater or food processor.
Add melted butter.
Turn into a hot dish, sprinkle the bacon bits over the spinach,
and serve at once.

--
Mike