God is not jealous like an insecure employer who fears that his employees might get lured away by a better salary elsewhere. God’s jealousy is not the reflex of weakness or fear. Instead God is jealous like a powerful and merciful king who takes a peasant girl from a life of shame, forgives her, marries her, and gives her not the chores of a slave, but the privileges of a wife – a queen. His jealousy does not rise from fear or weakness but from a holy indignation at having His honor and power and mercy scorned by the faithlessness of a fickle spouse.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy	Irish	Irish, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2	lb	Potatoes (cooked, mashed)
1	c	Cooked kale (finely chopped)
1	c	Hot milk
4		Chopped scallions (optional)
		Butter

INSTRUCTIONS

Strip the heads of kale away from the stems and shred them finely. Kale is
a tough vegetable which needs to cook for 10-20 minutes depending on its
age.  Cook as you would for any green vegetable in furiously boiling salted
water until it is just tender.  (Some people add 1/2 tsp baking soda to the
water to help keep the kale at its brightest green.) Strain it and refresh
it with cold water. Drain it thoroughly and squeeze out any excess water.
Nowadays I put the kale into a food processor with the hot milk and blend
them into a green soup which I then mix through the mashed potatoes. I then
reheat it in the oven until it is very hot. This produces a dish fit for
St. Patrick's Day in greenness. It is perfectly acceptable just to mix the
kale and milk into the potatoes without recourse to the food processor, but
the resulting dish is just speckled green. Do not use the processor if you
are making colcannon with cabbage instead of kale. Don't forget the coin
and the ring to amuse the children.
(from THE POOLBEG BOOK OF TRADITIONAL IRISH COOKING, Biddy White Lennon)
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