Kale is all too often used a Slide 13 decoration on salad bars, instead of being eaten. It is one of my absolute favorites! Where I was raised, we never picked kale leaves until after the first frost, which made them much sweeter! Broccoli, which is prone to bolting in Slide 14 hot weather, actually does better, tastes better in chilly temperatures. This is true of most, if not all, of the plants in the cabbage family. Even though the cabbage heads Slide 15 may not grow much in the coldest months, the cold weather actually makes them sweeter.
Slide 13 Kale is all too often used a decoration on salad bars, instead of being eaten. It is one of my absolute favorites! Where I was raised, we never picked kale leaves until after the first frost, which made them much sweeter! Slide 14 Broccoli, which is prone to bolting in hot weather, actually does better, tastes better in chilly temperatures. This is true of most, if not all, of the plants in the cabbage family. Slide 15 Even though the cabbage heads may not grow much in the coldest months, the cold weather actually makes them sweeter.
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