Beet greens

One more question, please:
escarole is a type of salad, isn't it?
Because I came across a recipe in which it is boiled.Is this possible?

Thank you

Hi Antonia, yep, beet greens are the leaves:
BEET GREENS
Beet greens are the most nutritious part of the beet plant. The contain more calcium, iron and Vitamin C then the beet root. (from a cooking website!)
Cheers,

Hi again,
Escarole is a vegetable from the endive family, I guess.

Thank you LOver!
But do you usually eat it raw or cooked?

I haven't ever tried it Antonia! I googled it and it was found in several soup recipes, so they usually cook it, as yours!

Sorry, did you mean beet greens?
They also appeared in soup recipes, souffles,... So the answer is the same!

Thanks for the beet greens.
But sth doesn't fit in my text and that's why I have to double check sth.
Has anyone ever cooked escarole? Isn't it in the same cathegory as watercress, for example, meant to be eaten raw. As opposed to Swiss chard, for example, which is meant to be cooked in boiling water before eaten?

'Escarole' is endive, a bitter salad leaf.

Beet green are sometimes called spinach. Not all beets have edible leaves, but that's neither here nor there. Spinach is a good synonym.

Abbie, have a look at the thread with this subject :buckle under the emotional strain, though I don't know why the author wants to replce "buckle" with another word. I'm curious to see wht words can be chosen.
Thanks

I know - I like the idiom the way it is