fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

I’m really here to post a Sean Bean Christmas meme.
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This one's my favorite, it is appropriate for our climate here...

 

[fuzzi]

I've always thought it strange that most chickens don't understand they need to put a foot on the leaf to stop it moving.

I've had dogs that knew to hold down a plate while licking the last of the goodness off the surface, yet others who would just lick and follow it across the floor. So it's not just chickens who are clueless.

 

[Molpet]

I've had dogs that knew to hold down a plate while licking the last of the goodness off the surface, yet others who would just lick and follow it across the floor. So it's not just chickens who are clueless.

Same here

 

[1muttsfan]

I never really cared much for kale until I had a bag of chopped I picked up for the chickens that was on sale at the grocery store. I have a recipe for a lentil soup that calls for greens stirred in right at the end, so I threw a few handfuls of that kale in and boy was it ever delicious. It stood up to the heat and kept some texture which was really delicious. Then I read about air frying kale and my goodness is it ever good.

 

[kattabelly]

What type(s) of kale would you generally find in an American grocery store?

 

[Molpet]

What type(s) of kale would you generally find in an American grocery store?

Scottish curly and dinosaur by me


Might be called different names other places

 

[Molpet]

What type(s) of kale would you generally find in an American grocery store?

 

[kattabelly]

Scottish curly and dinosaur by me


Might be called different names other places

Same as here in the UK then, just with different names.

Curly kale (Scotland wants nothing to do with it, thanks - we have far nicer varieties!) is the most widely available, so no wonder so many people think they don't like kale. My chickens won't touch it! And the supermarket stuff is always full of woody stems just to make it even worse. Dinosaur kale is what I'd call black kale; usually sold as cavolo nero. Much nicer but the stuff in shops can still be very variable.

Shetland, Sutherland and some of the flatter-leaved Red Veined Russian varieties are some of my favourites to grow. The immature flower stems are really crisp and sweet, eaten straight off the plant or just very lightly steamed or fried.

 

[Molpet]

Shetland, Sutherland and some of the flatter-leaved Red Veined Russian varieties are some of my favourites to grow. The immature flower stems are really crisp and sweet, eaten straight off the plant or just very lightly steamed or fried.

Shetland doesn't seem to be available here.
Sutherland is but out of stock.
It seems like its a different species
Sutherland kale and the Triangle of U – Botanics Stories https://share.google/G2u1lt1w3yGCKZTUZ

I love munching on the immature flowers

 

[NanaK]

What type(s) of kale would you generally find in an American grocery store?

I am in the southern USA in eastern NC.
In the small grocery store I usually shop in I see very little kale. I mostly see mustards and collards. Sometimes I see a bagged variety of kale that appears to be white Russian.
In the chain grocery stores I've also noticed some curly types.

In the past I planted some white and red Russian. DH and I found out we prefer the mustards. So I continued to plant mustards, collards and cabbage each year.

Maybe this is because neither of us ate much kale growing up???