In Praise of Kale

[rustylady]

Stella, I really would try some before committing to growing it. Caviar gets rave results too, but I hate the stuff.

[Jamesy_uk]

Stella, I really would try some before committing to growing it. Caviar gets rave results too, but I hate the stuff.

I agree with Rustylady and the tastes change between different varities Tuscan kale doesnt bear much resemblance in taste to sainsburys supermarket curly kale for example but if you gave it a try it would give you an idea at least.

[northepaul]

I suppose it depends how much you like kale - ie do you want to eat it at every meal?
From what I recall, we had it roughly twice a week, and I put the red russian when small in salads.

The pentland brig is much more prolific than then red russian.

Netting is a good idea through the summer.

[Alison]

As I mentioned above, come winter time the kale won't be growing any more so you need to think how quickly you could strip a plant. Me and OH could easily strip a plant in a week and that would be supplemented with loads of other yummy veggies. Having said that we like veg heavy meals, you might only want a few leaves.

[chris]

How long do you grill for? and at what temperature.? Honey burns, does it not?
is it like "toffee apple"?

Sorry I missed your reply.. just until it starts to brown, so the honey doesn't burn - you can see it starting to go crispy.. give it a go and see, it's a couple of mins at the least.