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Kale
Kale is a type of loose leafed cabbage. It grows in both green and purple varieties. Although kale is used in many parts of the world as a food, it is often used in edible landscaping due to the purple, pink, and white rosettes that grow in the center of the leaves.
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What is the difference between collards and kale?
The major differences between collards and kale stems from their appearance and flavor. Collards have a medium green hue, an oval shape and smooth texture. Kale on the other hand is darker with grayish green broad leaves that are crinkled. Kale is also the stronger tasting of the two, thicker, chewier leaves, can taste a bit bitter compared to collards.
I bought kale yesterday in the store by mistake. I usually buy her mustard greens. Can I feed her this bunch of kale (along with the collards and squash and minimal fruit she usually gets) and then go back to the mustard greens? I can return the kale to the store and exchange it for the mustard but figured I'd check first. Thanks!
The benefit of eating kale is many, especially as part of a well balanced diet. Kale is low in calories, high in fibre and has zero fat. Kale is also filled with many nutrients, vitamins, folate and magnesium.
Though, like most foods, eating kale is not to every ones taste.
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Photos of mustards kale dandlion greens?
Try looking in the Peterson Fied Guide to Wild Edible Plants.
The vegetable Kale (as Sea Kale) was known as a food by our ancient "Hunter Gatherer" ancestors.
Does Chinese kale contain goitrogens and oxalate like normal kale does?
From what I have found on the Internet, Chinese kale seems to contain goitrogens. See pp. 148 and 149 of this scientific journal article by a group of Chinese researchers:
http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB/PDF/pdf2008/18Jan/You%20et%20al.pdf. This article seems to indicate that in general the benefits of Chinese kale are greater than the disadvantages. But read the article carefully to distinguish between the seeds and the leaves of the plant - the chemical concentrations are very different.
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It is an edible plant in the mustard family, having spreading crinkled leaves that do not form a compact head. And it doesn't taste that good but that's my opinion.
YES! Rats love kale and it has a lot of vitamins that are good for little ratties.
What is the Turkish 'kale' in English?
"Castle" is an English equivalent of "kale."
The Turkish word is a noun. The Turkish equivalent of "one castle" is "bir kale." The pronunciation is "beer kah-leh."
Liffit, or Lifit (the leaves of the turnip. So "waraq al-liffit")
Does kale have uric acid in it?
Foods don't have Uric acid in them. Uric acid is metabolised by the body when it has to deal with purines. purines are present in all living cells. KALE however is very low in purines about the same as cabbage. and can be safely eaten
Is there a nutrition loss in baking kale?
Any method of cooking with heat will make the kale or any food loose nutrients, but the least loss method would be blanching.
What can you use instead of kale?
You can use other greens, such as Swiss chard, collards, or spinach. But be aware that the different greens may take different times to cook, because some of them have a tougher leaf that takes longer to get soft. Spinach cooks the fastest, then chard, then kale, then collards. It may not matter, depending on what you're making.
greater amount of cellulose structure - essential to it's ability to withstand freezing temperatures better than other vegetables.
