Jason, who owns a large farm outside of Charleston, near the Shenandoah, with 4 tractors and, by one count, 106 deer, who has a 4-year-old (who has his own tractor), who by Jason's account shares his passion for monster trucks (they are going to see some tonight in Harper's Ferry), who diagnosed his minister's lyme disease, and who for some reason works for ARS as an air conditioner repair specialist, shared his recipe for kale when he saw the pot I had ready on the cooktop. I altered it with the following result, which was delicious:
Salt and pepper the kale before cooking
After it "cooks off" (I took that to mean 1/2 hour of steaming), drain and add olive oil, vinegar (I used Balsamic) and red wine. Maybe 1/2 c total for a good potful of raw kale, "cooked off" to 1/2 pot. Also add raw chopt onion to the cooked kale - maybe 1/3 cup. Let it sit, covered, in the frig for a few hours (while you talk to Roop, Jason's colleague, about the $6000 ac system they both say you need). Then reheat a bit.
4 comments:
I think AC for the house is a bad idea. Its just too big and open! Maybe you could invest in some really high powered fans you could turn on in a room to room basis.
It is somewhat pointless, as we rarely use it and really do rely on the big whole house fan. But with heatpumps, you get your winter heat and summer ac with the same unit - - it just goes into reverse. We never looked into room ceiling fans. I might like that better than ac up to a point.
Yeah, it just seems silly to air condition all those rooms you never use. i've never thought about your electric bill, but I can only imagine. Oliver and my electric bill + gas is about $15 a month :)
Fans can't beat the humidity.
Go back to California, hippie!
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