What is the Deal with Kale?

I am so sick of kale, even though I haven't had it in months. It's freaking everywhere and I can't take it anymore.

And it's not that I'm anti-veggies. I love them. In fact,  as I type this, I am enjoying a steaming plateful of broccoli and I just had an open faced tomato sandwich for lunch. (I know, technically that's a fruit, but just go with me on this.) It's just that...kale?

Of all the leafy greens, why kale? Spinach: okay! Broccoli rabe: yes! Bok Choy: oh mamma! Swiss chard: sure! Collards: yeah! Unrecognizable green leaves at the Korean market: why not?!

But, kale? Come on now. It's just not that great. I mean, I'll eat it, but if given the option, I would go with basically anything else that's green. It's curly and weird and really strong tasting. Everyone knows this: so much so that if you look at any kale recipe the object is basically to make it taste like anything other than kale.

And now we're making chips out of it. We're making wilted salads out of it. We're making freaking candles out of it. We're even telling people to blend it up with peanut butter and almond milk and make a smoothie out of it.

Well, I am putting my foot down. Enough is enough. I am not drinking kale. I am NOT making kimchi out of it. I'm not gonna perfume my house with it.

And as God as my witness, if I am eating chips, they're gonna be potato.