Meat lasagna: with or without spinach?
Jul 6, 2011, 9:41 pm
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Jul 6, 2011, 11:52 pm
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I cooked up a batch of meat lasagna this weekend, and when I asked Mr. Kipper what he thought of it, he said that it needed spinach. 
I replied that you don't add spinach to meat lasagna, just like you don't add meat to veggie lasagna.
So, FT dining connoisseurs, who is correct? Do you add spinach to meat lasagna or not?
I replied that you don't add spinach to meat lasagna, just like you don't add meat to veggie lasagna.So, FT dining connoisseurs, who is correct? Do you add spinach to meat lasagna or not?
Unless you're a native Italian cook who has learned from generations of lasagna makers before you, add some spinach next time.
And if you are that native Italian cook I mention above, add some spinach next time.
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Jul 7, 2011, 5:34 am
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Jul 7, 2011, 6:11 am
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Or alternatively, suggest that if he wants to control what goes into the food, then he makes it himself... you don't put spinach in your lasagne recipe, but you'd be very happy to taste his take on the same dish
Jul 7, 2011, 8:49 am
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You're thinking of telling your husband he's 'incorrect' because people in FT say so?
Unless you're a native Italian cook who has learned from generations of lasagna makers before you, add some spinach next time.
And if you are that native Italian cook I mention above, add some spinach next time.
It's the little things that can make a husband happy. Then he'll do some nice things for you!
Unless you're a native Italian cook who has learned from generations of lasagna makers before you, add some spinach next time.
And if you are that native Italian cook I mention above, add some spinach next time.
It's the little things that can make a husband happy. Then he'll do some nice things for you!
He does nice things for me without me having to do things like include spinach in meat lasagna.
this might or might not work depending how clued in he is on food - just tell him you put some in. I'm not sure adding spinach would be noticeable tastewise.
Or alternatively, suggest that if he wants to control what goes into the food, then he makes it himself... you don't put spinach in your lasagne recipe, but you'd be very happy to taste his take on the same dish
Or alternatively, suggest that if he wants to control what goes into the food, then he makes it himself... you don't put spinach in your lasagne recipe, but you'd be very happy to taste his take on the same dish
Suggesting that he cook lasagna with spinach if he wants it would only be opening myself up to food poisoning, or some sort of disaster in the kitchen.
I do think the solution here, since I'm not going to win when he grew up with spinach in meat lasagna, is to make half with spinach and half without.
Jul 7, 2011, 9:46 am
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Jul 7, 2011, 2:15 pm
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I do think the solution here, since I'm not going to win when he grew up with spinach in meat lasagna, is to make half with spinach and half without.
Jul 7, 2011, 10:10 pm
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My preferences:
Meat Lasagna = lots of Italian (Flat Leaf) Parsley, herbs, Choice of meat, cheese, and tomato based sauce.
Vegetable Lasagna = Spinach, Broccoli, GARLIC, Carrots, cheese, fewer herbs, but add nutmeg for richness, and a cream based sauce.
Meat Lasagna = lots of Italian (Flat Leaf) Parsley, herbs, Choice of meat, cheese, and tomato based sauce.
Vegetable Lasagna = Spinach, Broccoli, GARLIC, Carrots, cheese, fewer herbs, but add nutmeg for richness, and a cream based sauce.
Jul 8, 2011, 8:59 am
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Honestly, I don't care for cooked spinach. Raw spinach, I love. Cooked, not so much. So, to some extent, I don't care to contaminate my perfectly good meat lasagna with something I don't like.
Jul 8, 2011, 11:50 am
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I cook things for him that he likes and does the same for me. I think that's part of being a good spouse—doing things for each other.
Honestly, I don't care for cooked spinach. Raw spinach, I love. Cooked, not so much. So, to some extent, I don't care to contaminate my perfectly good meat lasagna with something I don't like.