tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post951984980584884777..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Kale — better late than neverKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9434430049167523152016-08-18T06:29:27.383+02:002016-08-18T06:29:27.383+02:00Most years I plant some collards or kale at about ...Most years I plant some collards or kale at about this time of year so that I can harvest some in December and January, but this year I won't need to do that.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17508719869385168892016-08-18T06:28:19.320+02:002016-08-18T06:28:19.320+02:00The heron wasn't there yesterday morning when ...The heron wasn't there yesterday morning when I went out with Callie. I had my camera at the ready, so I was disappointed.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-64955337362981321992016-08-16T22:16:44.339+02:002016-08-16T22:16:44.339+02:00Thirteen years and counting.Thirteen years and counting.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49723268777658129912016-08-16T18:24:10.569+02:002016-08-16T18:24:10.569+02:00The winter salad used the larger leaves, lightly c...The winter salad used the larger leaves, lightly cooked....Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-85330074654994483042016-08-16T18:22:52.620+02:002016-08-16T18:22:52.620+02:00Ken, in my experience, the young leaves in salads ...Ken, in my experience, the young leaves in salads need to be extremely young! The flavour, tho', is great.<br />We do a broad bean and Red Russian winter salad... warm or cold... dressed in light soy and sesame oil. We get a crop from the Red Russian all winter and into the Spring... which is when we harvest the wonderful poor-man's 'sparrowgrass'.... the "Dino" kale or Black Tuscan is good that way, too, but the strips of leaf need to be cooked or steamed longer... Red Russian is far more tender.<br />The seed is avaiable from Baumaux...Rouge de Russie [bottom of page 253 if you have the Printemps 2016 catalogue... you can still sow into mid August. They call it an American speciality??<br />Be warned...the website [www.baumaux.com] is a house of mirrors... I've lost Pauline in there for hours!!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-84342177059875266702016-08-16T17:58:47.925+02:002016-08-16T17:58:47.925+02:00Ken... it may have been there... but you must have...Ken... it may have been there... but you must have been good custodians, thus far!?Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-5255696085315318292016-08-16T17:55:21.545+02:002016-08-16T17:55:21.545+02:00kale looks healthykale looks healthyGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-50443370457196347082016-08-16T17:06:27.470+02:002016-08-16T17:06:27.470+02:00The Piggly Wiggly in Beaufort NC is very "dow...The Piggly Wiggly in Beaufort NC is very "down home" with a lot of local and regional products. I like going to shop there. I think Intermarché here is similar.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33097789890340915202016-08-16T17:02:25.751+02:002016-08-16T17:02:25.751+02:00Except the vegetable garden we can't take much...Except the vegetable garden we can't take much credit. The rest was here when we arrived.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-20811028402674369362016-08-16T17:00:18.509+02:002016-08-16T17:00:18.509+02:00Piggly Wiggly...we had those in Texas. That bring...Piggly Wiggly...we had those in Texas. That brings back memories.<br /><br />My sister makes "kale chips" with the leaves. Remove spine from leaf, cut into potato chip sized pieces, brush with olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt and bake til crisp (briefly).Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36081203520910320242016-08-16T15:39:07.519+02:002016-08-16T15:39:07.519+02:00Done. Should be in your inbox by now.Done. Should be in your inbox by now.Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33409431633211910722016-08-16T15:17:53.604+02:002016-08-16T15:17:53.604+02:00I am interested, Bob. I think you have an e-mail a...I am interested, Bob. I think you have an e-mail address for me. Thanks.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7918038123715343932016-08-16T15:09:08.135+02:002016-08-16T15:09:08.135+02:00Very lovely yard.Very lovely yard.Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175970854511498140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47180476643553850282016-08-16T15:08:30.704+02:002016-08-16T15:08:30.704+02:00I made kale tabbouleh yesterday with mostly red Ru...I made kale tabbouleh yesterday with mostly red Russian kale; it's a great summertime dish. I tried to link or paste the recipe here, but I couldn't. If you're interested, Ken, let me know and I can send it to you.<br /><br />Bob Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08349830722788278723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-15909583957703911712016-08-16T14:48:48.439+02:002016-08-16T14:48:48.439+02:00I love to be startled by big bird like that heron....I love to be startled by big bird like that heron. For me it's mostly been a wild turkey or two and they don't fly as high as your heron. Thanks for the photo you managed to snap after the startle....Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44877338624302417712016-08-16T10:06:31.755+02:002016-08-16T10:06:31.755+02:00Thanks for those good links. The Kokopelli seed si...Thanks for those good links. The Kokopelli seed site looks amazing. And now I need to harvest chard as well as kale.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82789948143974202332016-08-16T08:58:34.088+02:002016-08-16T08:58:34.088+02:00Hi Ken, There is a French site which offers a wide...Hi Ken, There is a French site which offers a wide selection of seeds, including Red Ruffled kale, at <a href="http://www.kokopelli-semences.fr/boutique/recherche?rech=red+ruffled&search_all=Chercher+dans+toute+la+boutique" rel="nofollow">Kokopelli</a><br />Also, Yotam Ottolenghi had some really good chard recipes in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/13/swiss-chard-recipes-yotam-ottolenghi" rel="nofollow">The Guardian</a> at the weekend (hope the links work!)<br />Bonne dégustation to you both!mccorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668696539939693977noreply@blogger.com