Bitter greens purge the liver and cleanse your arteries

[pscot]

Boil up some new Yukon gold potatoes, cut in pieces. I leave the skin on. Wash and trim a large head of endive and chop coarsely. Dice and fry a half pound of lean bacon. Combine ingredients in a large bowl. Season with pepper and a tablespoon of cider vinegar and lubricate with bacon drippings. Toss and garnish with chopped green onions and hard boiled eggs.

[elleng]

1. Recipe sounds better than 'purge and cleanse!' Thanks.

[pscot]

3. "Cleanse and purge" is probably just food myth

but the recipe is really tasty.

[supernova]

2. Where's the bitter greens?

Your subject line and OP seem to mismatch.

:shrug:

And really that sounds like classic german potato salad.

[pscot]

4. Endive

AKA escarole or chicory.

[Warpy]

5. And the bacon grease clogs 'em back up again

[NJCher]

6. OK, well try this

I planted a crop of ruffly endive last fall and it's time to harvest. I did so for a meal last week, but it was so bitter (especially combined with the arugula rustica that's also ready to cut) that I was wary of serving it at dinner.

My spouse, however, who is a genius in the culinary field, came up with this and it was absolutely one of the best salads I've ever had:

He combined sesame oil, salt, sugar and verjus. He noted to me that he didn't have to put vinegar. Try a mix of this to your taste! I loved it.


Cher