Re: [gardeners] Re: Potatoes/spinach

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• Next message: Linda Baranowski-Smith: "[gardeners] Sassafras"
• Previous message: Margaret Lauterbach: "RE: [gardeners] Seeds available"

Hi,
just a little note to say that Bright Lights is Chard not Spinach.
Connie

Cynthia Mayeaux wrote:

> At 11:43 PM 10/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi Penny in Halifax,
> >    Did you get to eat any of the Bright Lights? If so how does the taste
> compare to regular spinach?
> >    Allen
> >    Bastrop Co.,Tx
> >    Zone 8
> >
>
> Hi...Cynthia here (inserting 2cents),
> I grew the Bright Lights, it tasted ok, but IMHO is bland in comparison to
> spinach.  But, if you put enough butter/salt/pepper on, it is delicious.  I
> cooked some up like my grandma does, parboiled, then sautee in olive oil
> with onion and garlic, that wasn't bad at all.  I do not plan to grow
> Bright Lights again.  But then again, I don't grow spinach either <bg>.
>
> Cynthia (who loves spinach almost as much as popeye)
> **Womyn Who Moves Mountains-Little Finger Of Michigan**
> **cmayeaux@traverse.com **USDA zone 4b-Sunset zone 41**
> ** http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/2659/garden/cynthia.html **

• Next message: Linda Baranowski-Smith: "[gardeners] Sassafras"
• Previous message: Margaret Lauterbach: "RE: [gardeners] Seeds available"