this little piggy had spinach

i also cut a lot of spinach today for market on saturday. this is the spinach that was planted last september outside and has been growing and cut from all winter. spinach is one of very few greens that will not only survive the winter, but also continue to grow even once cut. (we also have kale that was planted in september and has survived the winter, but once it was cut in october/november, it didn't regrow until warmer temperatures and sunnier days arrived.) we usually sell baby/small spinach assuming people will use it in salads. that we bag at a quarter pound. but this spinach is getting pretty big, so i bagged it at half a pound. this is assuming people will cook it and since you lose so much volume when cooking, you need more to start with. it is definitely still tender enough and tasty enough to eat raw, but the leaves are pretty big. so out of that huge mound on the table in the picture, i got 19 half pound bags (nine and a half pounds). spinach is a good seller at market and i don't believe i will come back with any leftover.