Simple pleasure

My daughter wanted to get a pack of already cleaned baby spinach to use in her lunches, but was afraid it would spoil to quickly. I told don't worry, get a big pack and I'll cook some of it.

All I did was sautee it in butter. Now I can't get enough. I'll doubt I'll ever eat frozen spinach again. I'm not even sure I'll buy spinach by the bunch any more since it's so much trouble to get all the sand out of it.

Yup! Us too.

[Robin Garr]

I'll doubt I'll ever eat frozen spinach again. I'm not even sure I'll buy spinach by the bunch any more since it's so much trouble to get all the sand out of it.

I never buy frozen, and generally go with bunch if it looks good and bag if the bunches don't seem fresh.

One trick, though: Maybe I'm overly cautious, but I don't trust the "already washed" promises with spinach or lettuce. It's just too easy to drop it in a sink full of water and swish, and if you do it once, you may be surprised at how much sediment falls out of the "washed" stuff.

If you're cooking it anyway, it probably doesn't matter, but it makes me feel better to wash it again.

Maybe I'm overly cautious, but I don't trust the "already washed" promises with spinach or lettuce.

I no longer eat bagged spinach after the wide-spread e-Coli breakouts it caused over the past couple of years. I stick with the fresh, locally produced spinach. Not only is it significantly less expensive, but as far as I know it has not sickened anyone.

Maybe I'm overly cautious, but I don't trust the "already washed" promises with spinach or lettuce.

I no longer eat bagged spinach after the wide-spread e-Coli breakouts it caused over the past couple of years. I stick with the fresh, locally produced spinach. Not only is it significantly less expensive, but as far as I know it has not sickened anyone.

It's also more nutritious.

rwj

It's pre-packaged Frog Florentine. They got the label wrong.

Better yet, grow it yourself. It does not take much space in a raised bed, produces all summer and into the fall and even winter with some protection. There are many varieties that tolerate heat. An almost fool proof green.

Robert, How is it more nutritious? Is it fresher? Or is 'mature' spinach more nutritious than baby spinach?

Dave - I would think the bunches could contain e-coli just as well as the bagged. However, if I could get locally grown (without traveling all over the Phoenix area) I probably would.

It's pre-packaged Frog Florentine. They got the label wrong.

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Aliens have been hiding alien frogs in spinach for years. They are spies.

Everybody knows this.

I have all the secret dope on this: Meet me at midnight July , 7 at The Ale-in Cafe in Roswell.

(I'll be the guy in the third aluminum foil fedora.)

Grow your own....it grows fast and is not fussy. Even a large pot on your sunny patio will do. Otherwise buy it at the Farmer's Market or the organic section of your store. The bagged stuff still has to be washed and if you don't believe me, put a bag into a large bowl of water and see what accumulates. Especially those rotted leaves that glue like black muck on the backside of a still fresh leaf. This applies to all bagged leaves....

Doug, try the same prep with thinly chopped cabbage. Let it cook until it just starts to caramelize. Seriously addictive.