The Spinach Crisis
What amazes me about the spinach crisis in our country is that we eat as much as we do. I am told that hundreds of millions of bagged spinach are sold in this country each year. Apparently those Popeye Cartoons were a lot more powerful than we gave them credit.
I have never liked cooked spinach, but in my adult years grew to enjoy raw spinach in salads. In fact I joined millions of Americans in throwing out half a bag of spinach when I heard the warning. Yeah, half a bag. Had me concerned for a couple days.
The only foods that I hated as a child that I still don’t like and won’t eat today are squash and turnip greens. That may sound strange for an old Tennessee boy, but I just can’t get em across my tongue and down the hatch. A ban on the sale of those two would not bother me a bit.
So what foods would you like to see banned?
I like turnip greens but not turnips. I LOVE squash. (Comment this)
Donna my feeling are same for any part of the turnip plant. (Comment this)
About the spinach though... People are STILL getting sick from that. I guess they just don't watch the news. It amazes me that all of it hasn't been taken off the shelves (no doubt some red tape there). I'm SO THANKFUL you and Barb didn't get sick.
Like you, I enjoy it on a salad and sandwiches too... I can remember my grandmother frying up spinach and eggs in a skillet! And I can see her cooking up some squash and turnip greens too! She was a southern woman to the core! :-)
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Thought of one other thing we had to eat as kids that I never did like - Homminee - not even sure that is the way you spell it. Looked like small moth balls--yuck! (Comment this)