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As you can imagine, I attend a lot of birthday parties in my line of work. :p

I was doing what I do best at an upscale party(Who the hell caters a nine year old's birthday party?!?) when the parents got together and attempted to round up the little monsters and force them to eat this overly formal picnic. I watched as they tried to serve each of these poor kids some kind of chicken dish and a salad consisting mostly of raw spinach and a few other assorted greens.

Yes, spinach. Raw spinach. To young children. Doesn't anybody keep up with the news anymore? What flavor was the cake; jagged glass and arsenic? I take some solace in the fact that trying to feed boisterous(if overdressed) children spinach at a birthday party is an exercise in futility. Then the mother in charge offers to prepare me a plate in the kitchen. Well, I manage to avoid the spontaneous response of; "Thanks, but I'd rather get a cinderblock dropped on my head." and politely declined her offer.

So, who here still enjoys nice fresh raw spinach? :)

The spinach scare's over, mate.

So, who here still enjoys nice fresh raw spinach? :)Jagged glass is a flavor?! :eek:

I guess I did miss this story, what's wrong with raw spinach?

Edit; Never mind, I found the story

You know, I just had this conversation with a co-worker. She read the news about the stuff and expressed amazement that we Americans actually eat raw spinach. She just could NOT understand how we could do that.

Must be a cultural thing.

You know, I just had this conversation with a co-worker. She read the news about the stuff and expressed amazement that we Americans actually eat raw spinach. She just could NOT understand how we could do that.

Must be a cultural thing.

Uh...cuz it's tasty...

Jagged glass is a flavor?! :eek:

Yup, and it's best when mixed with gravel.

The spinach scare's over, mate.

Well, this was a couple weeks ago, and I still won't eat spinach until they find out how it happened(which they just did. We were poisoned by wild pigs.). I'd also prefer some way of making sure it doesn't happen again. But then again, I'm the crazy one here. :)

I used to eat raw spinache, like I would salad, it's healthier than Iceburg lettuce.

I hadn't heard if it was safe again or not.

Jagged glass is a flavor?! :eek:

Like graham crackers, it's more for texture than anything. :)

Well, this was a couple weeks ago, and I still won't eat spinach until they find out how it happened(which they just did. We were poisoned by wild pigs.). I'd also prefer some way of making sure it doesn't happen again. But then again, I'm the crazy one here. :)

No food you eat, even if you grow it or raise it yourself, is going to be 100% safe. *shrug* I'll take my chances. I like eating. :)

Yup, and it's best when mixed with gravel.

Although you really need arsenic to get out its twang.

I used to eat raw spinache, like I would salad, it's healthier than Iceburg lettuce.

I hadn't heard if it was safe again or not.

It is. They traced the problem to a farm (or was it farms? I can't recall exactly.), and they figured out what caused it.

Yup, and it's best when mixed with gravel.

Graham Chapman:
Luxury! We used to have to get up out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of hot gravel, work twenty hours a day at mill, for two pence a month, come home, and dad would beat us around the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!

raw spinach is nice... compared to the cooked version

Graham Chapman:
Luxury! We used to have to get up out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of hot gravel, work twenty hours a day at mill, for two pence a month, come home, and dad would beat us around the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we were lucky!

The funny thing is, that's exactly what I was thinking of when I posted my gravel remark. :D

No food you eat, even if you grow it or raise it yourself, is going to be 100% safe. *shrug* I'll take my chances. I like eating. :)

Well, of course not. :p

But I'm also not going to feed my children(who have weaker immune systems) foods that are riskier than the average. For now, I consider spinach to be a poor risk. For them. For me, the risk is more acceptable, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to limit my spinach eating. I love raw spinach on sandwiches. Yum. :)

So, who here still enjoys nice fresh raw spinach? :)
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Uh...cuz it's tasty...
Kept trying to tell her that, even gave her my family's famous spinach salad recipe... but, alas... it just wan't working.

Kept trying to tell her that, even gave her my family's famous spinach salad recipe... but, alas... it just wan't working.

I find it odd that people who eat raw fish think that eating raw spinach is weird. :p

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http://www.math.pitt.edu/~bard/bardware/popeye/popeye1.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIPmQNrWkhA&mode=related&search=

Like graham crackers, it's more for texture than anything. :)Yes, but wouldn't the actually flavor be "bloody gums" then? (Not that that's a bad flavor, mind you ;) )

raw spinach is nice... compared to the cooked version

I suppose it depends on how you cook it, fried spinach is pretty good.

Yes, but wouldn't the actually flavor be "bloody gums" then? (Not that that's a bad flavor, mind you ;) )

Bloody gums, bits of cheek and a lip chunk or two. :)

I suppose it depends on how you cook it, fried spinach is pretty good.

Just about anything's good when you fry it. :)

Just about anything's good when you fry it. :)

very true

*goes to make fried cabbage*

very true

*goes to make fried cabbage*

Ooh, can I come over? I'm the only one in my family who likes cabbage, so I never bother to make it. :(

Ooh, can I come over? I'm the only one in my family who likes cabbage, so I never bother to make it. :(

You need to fry it in butter with chopped bacon and black pepper. No-one could not like that meal.

You need to fry it in butter with chopped bacon and black pepper. No-one could not like that meal.

Muslims might frown on it. :p

You need to fry it in butter with chopped bacon and black pepper. No-one could not like that meal.


I have, and my gf -- who likes to quote Kevin James by saying, "I'd eat my left foot if it were wrapped in bacon" -- still doesn't like it. :(

I quite like raw spinach.

Am I to understand by this thread that some people took a food scare seriously?

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You need to fry it [Cabbage - CD] in butter with chopped bacon and black pepper. No-one could not like that meal.

Or garlic and white wine.

Muslims might frown on it. :p

I was supposed to take a trip to Saudi Arabia back in late 2001 (didn't end up going -- whole 9/11 thing and all), and I joked that I was gonna put a gun, some cocaine, a bottle of whiskey, and issue of Playboy and a ham in my luggage. :p

Muslims might frown on it. :p

I just tell them it's quorn ;)

I have, and my gf -- who likes to quote Kevin James by saying, "I'd eat my left foot if it were wrapped in bacon" -- still doesn't like it. :(

have you tried fried cabbage, fried potatoes, and kielbasa?

have you tried fried cabbage, fried potatoes, and kielbasa?

Ayup. Still no dice. :(

I eat spinach, both raw & cooked. I like it. I wouldn't try to feed it to kids at a birthday party though. :rolleyes:

What's wrong with Kevin Jame's right foot?

I am not a fan of raw spinach, but if I smother it with salad dressing, it's good. . . or at least edible

Are kid's immune systems much weaker than adults? Cuz I ate raw dough with uncooked eggs like mad as a child (like ages 7-rest of my life, hopefully). I never got any diseases :D

Are kid's immune systems much weaker than adults? Cuz I ate raw dough with uncooked eggs like mad as a child (like ages 7-rest of my life, hopefully). I never got any diseases :D

It is weaker, but for they can heal from a lot of things more quickly.

Ayup. Still no dice. :(

wow, sucks to be you.

The only thing that's "off limits" at my house that's not banned by our weird diet, is squash, hubby hates it, I can cook and eat it when he isn't home though as long as I air the house out.....LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIPmQNrWkhA&mode=related&search=
You have destroyed my childhood hero. :eek:

wow, sucks to be you.

The only thing that's "off limits" at my house that's not banned by our weird diet, is squash, hubby hates it, I can cook and eat it when he isn't home though as long as I air the house out.....LOL

I'm dealing with someone whose mother never made her eat anything as a kid. If she turned her nose up at dinner, her mom would cook her something else. I've gotten her to like some things that she "hated" (read: never even tried), but others I still haven't had any luck with. My gf's daughter was initially the same way, but I broke her of that crap really quickly. You'd be surprised how well having a kid see the same dinner three nights in a row works. ;)

wow, sucks to be you.

The only thing that's "off limits" at my house that's not banned by our weird diet, is squash, hubby hates it, I can cook and eat it when he isn't home though as long as I air the house out.....LOL

How do you cook squash? I've never come across a recipes I thought looked good and consequently I have had about 6 of them just go off after I bought them.

How do you cook squash? I've never come across a recipes I thought looked good and consequently I have had about 6 of them just go off after I bought them.

Check out this site (http://www.recipezaar.com). You'll never need to ask questions like this again. ;)

I'm dealing with someone whose mother never made her eat anything as a kid. If she turned her nose up at dinner, her mom would cook her something else. I've gotten her to like some things that she "hated" (read: never even tried), but others I still haven't had any luck with. My gf's daughter was initially the same way, but I broke her of that crap really quickly. You'd be surprised how well having a kid see the same dinner three nights in a row works. ;)

yep, I grew up with a mom who didn't even try to get me to eat stuff, if she didn't like it (read didn't ever try it) she wouldn't even try to feed it to me.

I didn't try broccoli until I was 14 and at a friend's house, it was so good, you have no idea how mad I was at my mom for depriving me of broccoli for 14 years.

Check out this site (http://www.recipezaar.com). You'll never need to ask questions like this again. ;)

I tend to just use www.bbc.co.uk/food

How do you cook squash? I've never come across a recipes I thought looked good and consequently I have had about 6 of them just go off after I bought them.

I slice it into thin strips (about .5 inches wide) and coat it in uncooked instant mashed potato flakes, put them on a cookie sheet drizzle them with olive oil and bake them at 350 for 25 minutes.

I used to fry it that way, but it's healthier this way.

yep, I grew up with a mom who didn't even try to get me to eat stuff, if she didn't like it (read didn't ever try it) she wouldn't even try to feed it to me.

I didn't try broccoli until I was 14 and at a friend's house, it was so good, you have no idea how mad I was at my mom for depriving me of broccoli for 14 years.


I handed my gf's nine-year-old daughter a Magic 8-Ball a few weeks ago. What was the first question she asked it?

"Will Mommy ever eat peas?"

I nearly wet myself. :D

I slice it into thin strips (about .5 inches wide) and coat it in uncooked instant mashed potato flakes, put them on a cookie sheet drizzle them with olive oil and bake them at 350 for 25 minutes.

I used to fry it that way, but it's healthier this way.

Well, it also depends on the type of squash. That works for zucchini or yellow squash (though I prefer to use seasoned bread crumbs over instant potato flakes). For things like acorn and butternut squash, you have to cook 'em completely differently.

Well, it also depends on the type of squash. That works for zucchini or yellow squash (though I prefer to use seasoned bread crumbs over instant potato flakes). For things like acorn and butternut squash, you have to cook 'em completely differently.

true. I can't use bread crumbs anymore and potato flakes are quite good.

I use acorn and butternut squash to make soup.....funny thing hubby will eat the soup, if he pretends it's not squash, I think it's mostly a texture thing.

I tend to just use www.bbc.co.uk/food

The functionality on the site I linked works a lot better IMHO. Besides, looking to a British site for cooking tips is like asking the French how to shower. ;)

Just a joke people! Don't get all pissy. :p

Just a joke people! Don't get all pissy. :p

It makes me sad when people denigrate British food, especially if they've never tried it :(

Yup, and it's best when mixed with gravel.

Jagged glass and gravel, such a great combo, I'm gurgling with delight just thinking about it! :D

The functionality on the site I linked works a lot better IMHO. Besides, looking to a British site for cooking tips is like asking the French how to shower. ;)

Just a joke people! Don't get all pissy. :p

I always think that peopel who bitch about English food should eat at a Gary Rhodes restaurant or at least cook one of his recipes.

That being said, I think we should all be suspicious of the food from a country that uses beef suet in half its' desserts.

I do quite like spinach...some olive oil and balsamics....

It makes me sad when people denigrate British food, especially if they've never tried it :(

I've had it, and I actually like it. I already said I was kidding. :p

I've had it, and I actually like it. I already said I was kidding. :p

I know you were, but many aren't :(

Raw spinach is perfect with cider vinegar dressing.