Katelyn en ik organiseerden laatst een Nederlands etentje voor een paar Singaporese vrienden. We aten boerenkool met worst. Ik vertelde trots dat alleen Nederlanders boerenkool eten (Belgen voeren boerenkool aan de varkens), en ook hoe de Nederlanders het eten (met de rechter hand inlepelen). We spraken over hoe in men alleen in Nederland gelooft dat spinazie niet opgewarmd mag worden, en hoe in het Engels met 'Kale' veelal de Chinese groente kai-lan wordt bedoeld.
Volgende dag ontving ik een link naar een Iers boerenkool recept (colcannon) met een heus Iers lied erbij:
"Yes you did, so you did, so did he and so did I.
And the more I think about it sure the nearer I'm to cry.
Oh, wasn't it the happy days when troubles we had not,
And our mothers made Colcannon in the little skillet pot."
Een uitdaging volgde. Dus heb ik een boerenkool-gangster-rap geschreven:
[beat starts]
Oh yeah... Ah-hah... Hmmm...
The English call it kale
But it's nothing like kai-lan
You cook the stuff 'cause raw it's rough
And this is how it's done
PEEL THOSE POTATOES!! [shouted (in case the caps are not clear)]
Peel'em really thin
There's a urban myth that states vitamins hide
Just under the skin
[chorus]
They call it boerenkool
Is what they teach in school
But hardcore farmers know
... ... It's “boerencool”
Once starch 'n salt are boiling
You add the great green goods
Then you let it cook for as long as it takes
To shoot someone in da 'hood
[bridge]
fry that lard hard [triplets: fry-that lard! hard!]
fry that lard hard
fry that lard hard
fry that lard hard
fry that lard hard
fry that lard hard
fry that lard hard
Yeah...
[bagpipe or fiddle solo, to honor the Irish]
[chorus]
They call it boerenkool
But hey, I ain't no fool
Herewith it's renamed, y'all
Should call it boerencool
Mash with milk and pepper
And serve sausage made of pork
Shove it in your face, as in the old'en days
You only need a fork
[chorus]
They call it boerenkool
Wipe that smile off of your “smoel”
This is no laughing matter
Man this is “boerencool”
Don't reheat it into nitrite
Just finish up that bitch
Unless you are one of them Belgian dudes
Then ya feed it to the pigs