Comments on: Home Cooking Day on Y&H: The Frustration of Making Spinach Frittatas http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/16/home-cooking-day-on-yh-the-frustration-of-making-spinach-frittatas/ D.C. Restaurants and Food Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:13:45 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Internet Cafe Solution » Blog Archive » Home Cooking Day on Y&H: The Frustration of Making Spinach … http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/16/home-cooking-day-on-yh-the-frustration-of-making-spinach-frittatas/comment-page-1/#comment-11232 Internet Cafe Solution » Blog Archive » Home Cooking Day on Y&H: The Frustration of Making Spinach … Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:05:15 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13037#comment-11232 [...] Home Cooking Day on Y&H: The Frustration of Making Spinach … This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 7:50 am and is filed under Home. You can [...] [...] Home Cooking Day on Y&H: The Frustration of Making Spinach … This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 7:50 am and is filed under Home. You can [...]

]]> By: Tim Carman http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/16/home-cooking-day-on-yh-the-frustration-of-making-spinach-frittatas/comment-page-1/#comment-11218 Tim Carman Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:14:04 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13037#comment-11218 Good suggestion, B. I'll give it a try next time. Good suggestion, B. I'll give it a try next time.

]]> By: B http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/16/home-cooking-day-on-yh-the-frustration-of-making-spinach-frittatas/comment-page-1/#comment-11212 B Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:36:59 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13037#comment-11212 Forget the blanching. Wash, rinse, then saute the spinach with olive oil and salt. Remove liquid. Chop the cooked spinach to remove excess liquid (chopping it breaks the cellular structure and releases more trapped water). Gently press the spinach through a strainer to remove the excess liquid. I can sympathize. I've experience the same problem when forgetting to adequately strain. Too much liquid and it never sets properly. Glad it worked out ok in the end. Forget the blanching. Wash, rinse, then saute the spinach with olive oil and salt. Remove liquid. Chop the cooked spinach to remove excess liquid (chopping it breaks the cellular structure and releases more trapped water). Gently press the spinach through a strainer to remove the excess liquid.

I can sympathize. I've experience the same problem when forgetting to adequately strain. Too much liquid and it never sets properly. Glad it worked out ok in the end.

]]> By: Tim Carman http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/16/home-cooking-day-on-yh-the-frustration-of-making-spinach-frittatas/comment-page-1/#comment-11201 Tim Carman Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:53:19 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13037#comment-11201 Nikki, A salad spinner works great on rinsed spinach, but not so well with blanched spinach. The little buggers just cling to the side of the spinner like barnacles. See this short item from Saveur: http://www.saveur.com/article/Techniques/Cooking-Spinach -Tim Nikki,

A salad spinner works great on rinsed spinach, but not so well with blanched spinach. The little buggers just cling to the side of the spinner like barnacles.

See this short item from Saveur: http://www.saveur.com/article/Techniques/Cooking-Spinach

-Tim

]]> By: Nikki http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/11/16/home-cooking-day-on-yh-the-frustration-of-making-spinach-frittatas/comment-page-1/#comment-11200 Nikki Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:33 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=13037#comment-11200 Dry spinach faster with a salad spinner! Dry spinach faster with a salad spinner!

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