Golf Digest Article: 17 Super Foods that Make On-Course Snacks

[billchao]

http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-instruction/2014-10/17-on-course-snacks-photos#slide=1

Some of these aren't really great on course snack options (like hummus) IMO, but overall I like it. I usually carry some granola or beef jerky, myself. Never thought to bring chick peas or edamame but I will try it sometime.

[boogielicious]

Kale?  You have to be kidding me!  Kale is inedible even when prepared by the best cooks.  You can boil it for a week and it still feels like eating steel wool!

[billchao]

Kale?  You have to be kidding me!  Kale is inedible even when prepared by the best cooks.  You can boil it for a week and it still feels like eating steel wool!

No way! I love kale. My wife makes a quiche with kale instead of spinach and I make a stewed greens recipe with it. Good in soups, too. Most times we just saute it in a pan. Biggest thing to pay attention to is whether you have younger leaves or a more mature plant. Mature kale is pretty fibrous and you have to stew it or boil it. Most produce in grocery stores tend to be too mature, but that's a whole other topic of conversation :-)

[saevel25]

No way! I love kale. My wife makes a quiche with kale instead of spinach and I make a stewed greens recipe with it. Good in soups, too. Most times we just saute it in a pan.

Biggest thing to pay attention to is whether you have younger leaves or a more mature plant. Mature kale is pretty fibrous and you have to stew it or boil it. Most produce in grocery stores tend to be too mature, but that's a whole other topic of conversation

Kale is disgusting

[Ernest Jones]

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Originally Posted by boogielicious

Kale?  You have to be kidding me!  Kale is inedible even when prepared by the best cooks.  You can boil it for a week and it still feels like eating steel wool!

No way! I love kale. My wife makes a quiche with kale instead of spinach and I make a stewed greens recipe with it. Good in soups, too. Most times we just saute it in a pan.

Biggest thing to pay attention to is whether you have younger leaves or a more mature plant. Mature kale is pretty fibrous and you have to stew it or boil it. Most produce in grocery stores tend to be too mature, but that's a whole other topic of conversation

Right. Another thing that works well is to massage your kale with sea salt and olive oil which magically transforms it from bitter plasticized cardboard to silky, delicious greens. Happy ending optional.

[colin007]

Right. Another thing that works well is to massage your kale with sea salt and olive oil which magically transforms it from bitter plasticized cardboard to silky, delicious greens. Happy ending optional.

kale is delish.

EJ how do you do this?  just squeeze/rub/manhandle the kale with the salt and EVOO?

[Ernest Jones]

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Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

Right. Another thing that works well is to massage your kale with sea salt and olive oil which magically transforms it from bitter plasticized cardboard to silky, delicious greens. Happy ending optional.

kale is delish.

EJ how do you do this?  just squeeze/rub/manhandle the kale with the salt and EVOO?

Yep.

A little lemon juice and olive oil, some sea salt. Here's some random blonde woman demonstrating:

[boogielicious]

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Originally Posted by colin007

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Originally Posted by Ernest Jones

Right. Another thing that works well is to massage your kale with sea salt and olive oil which magically transforms it from bitter plasticized cardboard to silky, delicious greens. Happy ending optional.

kale is delish.

EJ how do you do this?  just squeeze/rub/manhandle the kale with the salt and EVOO?

Yep.

A little lemon juice and olive oil, some sea salt. Here's some random blonde woman demonstrating:

too much work.  I can do spinach or escarole without the workout.

[nevets88]

Ooooh, those chickpeas look delish...

Never thought to make carrot chips.

That was a good piece. Never thought I'd get cooking advice from GD.

[legitimatebeef]

Bogus list! Hummus? Frozen blueberries covered in yogurt? GTFO. These are fine foods but... how the hell are we supposed to eat any of this on a golf course in between shots. Kale chips? I enjoy kale but when I am putting food in my mouth on the course, it's for the purpose of fueling up. IE calories. I am not there to have a picnic. Kale is a nice green but it has hardly any calories. You probably burn more of them in the chewing and digesting process, resulting in a net loss. Also who the hell wants to play behind a group that leaves spent edamame shells everywhere? Not me.

This list seems to have been compiled by some sort of busybody homemaker/wannabe nutritionist/non-golfer. Further proof positive that Golf Digest is officially a birdcage liner.

[Yukari]

Bogus list! Hummus? Frozen blueberries covered in yogurt? GTFO. These are fine foods but... how the hell are we supposed to eat any of this on a golf course in between shots. Kale chips? I enjoy kale but when I am putting food in my mouth on the course, it's for the purpose of fueling up. IE calories. I am not there to have a picnic. Kale is a nice green but it has hardly any calories. You probably burn more of them in the chewing and digesting process, resulting in a net loss. Also who the hell wants to play behind a group that leaves spent edamame shells everywhere? Not me.

This list seems to have been compiled by some sort of busybody homemaker/wannabe nutritionist/non-golfer. Further proof positive that Golf Digest is officially a birdcage liner.

LMAO!!!

But I do have to agree with this.  You have got to be kidding with this list.  Who makes up this crap anyway?  Someone who has never been on the golf course, obvious.

[jimmyc]

I would bet it's a California tree hugger.

[Gunther]

Yep.  A little lemon juice and olive oil, some sea salt. Here's some random blonde woman demonstrating:

Kale sux (I juice it) but I'd like to manhandle or massage with olive oil the lovely lady on that youtube pic (didn't click play).

[Shorty]

This list seems to have been compiled by some sort of busybody homemaker/wannabe nutritionist/non-golfer. Further proof positive that Golf Digest is officially a birdcage liner.

100% correct.

How about just taking a banana and a bottle of water.

A round of golf is not a trip across Siberia or the Sahara.