• M137@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    25
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    2 months ago

    Kale is awesome in all forms. In soups, as crisps, stewed and everything else!

  • Rooty@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    2 months ago

    Of course kale is going to taste like shit if you dont properly cook it. Boil it in salted water with potatoes, strain it, mix it with olive oil and garlic and serve it with chicken.

  • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    2 months ago

    Garlic, motherfucker, do you use it!?

    (Love kale and the weird little mutants called kalettes. If you don’t use any aromatics or seasoning though, you’re gonna have a bad time)

    • nifty@lemmy.worldOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      2 months ago

      Tbf I just think it’s not up to me to redeem something by adding more flavor to it. Either it brings something to the table itself or it can just go (to the trash can)

  • enbyecho@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    2 months ago

    This does not appear to be well known: kale really needs colder temperatures in order to taste best. It’s sweetest when it has been through a frost or two. Unfortunately that’s not always maximally profitable for Huge Giant Corporate farms and so your kale is grown in warmer temperatures and tends to be bitter.

    On the plus side, it’s incredibly easy to grow yourself.

  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    2 months ago

    Idk why people use coconut oil for things like that when olive oil is tastier, healthier, and, at least where I’m at, cheaper. I get the smoke point thing, but that’s not relevant for use cases like that.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      See my understanding of coconut oil is it’s a better substitute for lard or shortening because 1. it’s unsaturated fat rather than saturated fat and 2. it’s not hydrogenated. It’s a vegetable oil that’s solid at room temperature, which is why you see it used in packaged baked goods a lot, because in the words of Alton Brown, “It’ll stay moist and unctuous while having the shelf life of uranium.”

      • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 months ago

        It does have saturated fat though. Rule of thumb, the lower the temperature at which a fat goes solid, the more saturated it is. But the solid texture can be helpful when replacement other solid fats, true!

        • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 months ago

          Huh, I’ve been working under the impression this whole time that coconut oil is made of monounsaturated fat. That impression comes from watching some cooking shows that one time and thus might be incorrect.

          Another thing about coconut oil compared to lard: You don’t have to take a band saw to a pig in order to make it.

          • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 months ago

            It’s absolutely healthier than animal fat, never mind the lack of cruelty! I wasn’t too sure anymore after your comment, so I looked it up, and it seemed that yeah, pretty saturated. I personally just use margarine even though it’s trans fats, because the amount I use won’t harm me much and it doesn’t require animals or being shipped from overseas. A little coconut oil definitely won’t kill you either!

    • LordKitsuna@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 months ago

      It’s my understanding that when used for frying coconut oil actually creates less of the harmful byproducts of being heated then eat olive oil does

  • affiliate@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    2 months ago

    kale is and will always be bird food. it is unfair to kale to judge it as human food, that was never its purpose.