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I'm gonna keep trying greens in different ways because I know I'll like them somehow. I made the gratin of greens, and I think I needed more cheese and less greens for my taste, lol. Yum.īut, even though I am not a fan of cooked spinach, I decided to give cooked greens a try, starting with the greens from my beets. I put some raw mustard greens into my salad. I tore off a piece of every single thing and tried them raw.
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full of Kale, Collard greens, Mustard Greens, and beets (and also with romaine and red leaf lettuces, but I knew what to do with those!) I never ate greens growing up (except lettuces in salads). I signed up for a CSA and last week got my first box. I just found your blog the other day and it has come in handy a half dozen times already :) Which Specific Greens Are Bitter Greens?But let's get more specific, yes? Which greens are bitter greens? I've built a quick list, with links to recipes for the specific greens. That's because most greens are "cool-weather vegetables" – that means their growing season ends when the weather gets warm.īitter Greens & YOU!What about you? Are a fan? Do you like bitter greens? Did you know what they were before now? (Now you do, yes?!) Do you try to remove the bitterness from greens or do you revel in that taste sensation? Do you have a favorite recipe? You know I'd love to have you share one! C'mon, tell me all about you and bitter greens! WINTER GREENS Bitter greens might also be considered "winter greens". These techniques temper the bitterness, effectively removing or reducing the bitterness. This is why recipes for a bitter green like collards, say, attempt to tame the bitterness by long cooking and/or the additions of sugar or fat. Test this by growing arugula: it tastes almost sweet (if a slightly sharp-sweet) early in the season and then evolves to sharply bitter by the end of the season.ĪRE BITTER GREENS AN ACQUIRED TASTE? Not everyone appreciates (ha!) the bitterness in leafy, bitter greens. Early-season greens can be less bitter than late-season greens of the same variety. The technical term is "astringency".īITTERNESS IS SOME TIMES MILD, SOME TIMES STRONG The bitterness in bitter greens can be mild or strong. Do you remember eating spinach and feeling a rough, pasty film attach to your teeth? Bitter greens do that. SWEET GREENS vs BITTER GREENS The big family of leafy greens, though, includes the lettuces, most of which would be considered "sweet greens" not "bitter greens".īITTER GREENS HAVE AN ASTRINGENT TASTE Think back, though. All of us, myself included, should eat more leafy greens than we do. Leafy greens are packed with nutrients and every list of healthy foods kicks off with the superfood of leafy greens. What are bitter greens?ĭARK LEAFY GREENS Bitter greens belong to that big family we loosely call "leafy greens," the edible leaves of certain plants, mostly though not always dark green in color. What Are Bitter Greens?But let's get to the point. That taste of bitterness appears in many favorite foods: think chocolate, coffee, marmalade, citrus zest and olives, even the quinine in the tonic water for gin and tonics.
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What, Exactly, Is Bitterness? What Familiar Foods Are Bitter?First, let's remind ourselves that bitter is one our our five basic taste sensations: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and the elusive taste called savory / umami.
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