'Poor Man's Asparagus': The Old-School Veggie Eaten Before Spinach Was Popular - Chowhound

Heike Rau/Shutterstock Long before spinach became the cool kid on the block, there was another leafy green that was quite popular back in the day, though it isn't really a vegetable many people eat anymore, let alone are aware of. And that is spinach's close cousin, Good King Henry, which is also referred to as wild spinach or poor man's asparagus. The latter title is because it was affordable and the edible…