Spinach

[accountantpete]

I'm a bit sceptical about all these newspaper reports about wonder foods but here's another one for the list.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...t-spinach-really-does-boost-your-muscles.html

 

[Basil.B]

I eat spinach, still puny

 

[dan_bo]

It's great with slow cooked lamb and spices.

 

[palinurus]

I made Sag Paneer today.

Not bad considering I had no idea what I was doing.

 

[Aperitif]

Makes me go popeyed when I eat it.
So I smoke it...

 

[Speicher]

Makes me go popeyed when I eat it.
So I smoke it...

Try it with Olive Oil.







Edit: it should be spelt Olive Oyl.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

lovely in a curry and fresh baby leaves are yumsley - gyug gyug gyug!

 

[dellzeqq]

When I fractured my pelvis I took on all the advice that was offered. One of the two ortho consultants said 'eat spinach - it's got lots of iron, and it will speed your recovery'. So I ate spinach. Then the other ortho consultant said 'the iron in spinach goes right through you - it's a complete waste of time'.

300g of spinach is a lot of spinach. An awful lot of spinach. You might get big muscles, but, then again, you might glow green in the dark.

 

[Aperitif]

I've read that the iron in spinach and other foods needs vitamin C to stop it going straight through you. Eat the spinach with potato skins, or eat an orange afterwards, maybe?

I already said: smoke it.
Saagacious advice - take heed, not speed.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Try it with Olive Oil.

 

[Speicher]

I thought I had been too subtle there.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I thought I had been too subtle there.

You couldn't Castor-side such a good opportunity, Sweet Pea

 

[slowmotion]

I made Sag Paneer today.

Not bad considering I had no idea what I was doing.

Just tighten the straps on the rack?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Just tighten the straps on the rack?

 

[slowmotion]

I quite like spinach. It's a blooming silly vegetable. You chuck a whole forest into a saucepan and out comes nearly nothing. I have no problem with that. Garlic and butter make it taste great.

You all know the iron content stuff, surely? Oh well, it's probably another urban myth but worth repeating. Wiki says...

Spinach in popular cultureThe cartoon character Popeye the Sailor Man is portrayed as having a strong affinity for spinach, becoming physically stronger after consuming it. A frequently circulated story claims that this portrayal was based on faulty calculations of the iron content.[sup][18][/sup][sup][19][/sup][sup][20][/sup] In the story, German scientist E. von Wolf misplaced a decimal point in an 1870 measurement of spinach's iron content, leading to an iron value 10 times higher than it should have been. This faulty measurement was not noticed until the 1930s.

Spinach, along with Brussels sprouts and other green vegetables, is often portrayed in children's shows to be undesirable.[sup][18][/sup]