Property News · September 2, 2017

‘The crinkle and curl and the deep, dark green’: in praise of spinach


Forget bland baby leaf; mature spinach is the thing to grow for real flavourI am all for tender young vegetables and have written much about growing baby veg, but honestly, I’ve had it with baby leaf spinach. It is time for substance, for the crinkle and curl and the deep, dark green of a leaf that has lived. Let’s celebrate mature spinach for the fine, flavoursome thing that it is.Baby leaf, the supermarket kind, in particular, is often bland: an almost flavourless, vaguely sweet green. Soft, easily palatable and over-marketed, in short it is baby food. Mature spinach, especially the winter kind, is an altogether different beast. This stuff is mineral-rich and tastes it: earthy and metallic. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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