Foraging spot
Kale tree
Cool-season garden escapee. Sweeter after frost.
Coordinates: 37.861862, -122.262444
What to do with it
- Massage raw into a salad
- Sauté with garlic
- Bake into chips
Ways to keep it
- Kraut or kimchi (ferment)
- Blanch & freeze
- Dry into chips
About Kale
Kale (), also called leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (Brassica oleracea) cultivars primarily grown for their edible leaves, but it is also used as an ornamental plant. Its multiple different cultivars vary quite a bit in appearance; the leaves can be bumpy, curly, or flat, and the color ranges from purple to green.
From Wikipedia.
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