I ate kale

[Coconuts]

I tried cooking briar shoots a couple of times. A field guide book I had said
they would be like asparagus. They weren't... but I just had to try, right?

I had a hippy mother who went through a wild food phase. I have had queen anne's lace which was supposed to be like carrots, milk weed I think, and wild tiger lilies - both buds and flowers among other things. My poor kids have been denied the wild food experience. If I had ever tried to feed them kale they'd revolt for sure.

I wanted to try day lily buds, but I would have missed the pretty flowers
and have been disappointed if they hadn't tasted good. We have had wild
sorrel added to salads a few times. It's pretty good. And alfalfa sprouts
instead of lettuce on sandwiches. (I'm probably your mom's age, after all.)

BTW, bear jerky and fried moray are both pretty good.

The garden lining the front walkway will be chard and nasturtium next summer (just nasturtiums now). I remember gathering watercress and morels in the woods when I was a kid.

[OceanCityGirl]

Day lily buds taste like wax beans. And growing up we also had goats and only had goat milk, goat cheese and a couple bad experiences with goat milk ice cream. I was not fond of any of the above. We raised our own chickens for eggs and when they got older they were stew, had ducks and geese which we used the eggs for baking. My siblings and I all revolted by wanting modern conveniences and food from the store. Today we are all borderline vegetarians though who work hard to avoid pesticides, kind of ironic.

[citcat]

I used to HATE it when my mother cooked kale. The whole house stunk for days and I wouldn't eat it.

[big john]

for the first time ever. I sure hope it's really good for you.

Who's she? I knew a girl named Kyle.

[Hockey Mon]

My family was part of a farm collective this summer and we got fresh vegatables and fruit every week. I think we got kale every week for 6 weeks straight. We found some okay receipes for the first few weeks but after the 3rd week or so, we just threw it away. My kids (age 5 & 7) would even say "Oh no, not kale again!" The cycle was repeated in Aug/Sept with swiss charred.