Soul Food

Switch said:

I'd give anything to have some beans and cornbread and big pot of
collards!

I think you throw a hambone in the beans and greens

Gag. Thought you meant "sole" food.

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

GAg?

I'm incensed

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Switch said:

I'd give anything to have some beans and cornbread and big pot of
collards!

I think you throw a hambone in the beans and greens

Gag. Thought you meant "sole" food.

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

Switch said:

GAg?

I'm incensed

🙂 wondered what that smell was.... sorry, b, old chap, but... I have
no excuse for that remark....

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

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Switch said:

I'd give anything to have some beans and cornbread and big pot of
collards!

I think you throw a hambone in the beans and greens

Gag. Thought you meant "sole" food.

Cheers
Cathy(xyz)

GAg?

I'm incensed

While I could sure go for the pot of hambone beans and corn bread, I
_detest_ collards!
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Peace, Om.

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While I could sure go for the pot of hambone beans and corn bread, I
_detest_ collards!
--
Peace, Om.

I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like? Beet
greens? Chard?
Janet

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While I could sure go for the pot of hambone beans and corn bread, I
_detest_ collards!
--
Peace, Om.

I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like? Beet
greens? Chard?
Janet

Mustard greens aren't they? A neighbour marinates them in coca cola for
an hour or so then drains and cooks them. There not bad, not completely
to my taste but i could see how a person would like them, she does her
ham the same way with the cola but for a longer period 24 hours or so
and that is just superb.

Especially when she serves it with from scratch corn bread made with
bacon grease iirc and black eyed peas.
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JL

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While I could sure go for the pot of hambone beans and corn bread, I
_detest_ collards!
--
Peace, Om.

I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like?
Beet greens? Chard?
Janet

Mustard greens aren't they? A neighbour marinates them in coca cola
for an hour or so then drains and cooks them. There not bad, not
completely to my taste but i could see how a person would like them,
she does her ham the same way with the cola but for a longer period 24
hours or so and that is just superb.

Especially when she serves it with from scratch corn bread made with
bacon grease iirc and black eyed peas.
---
JL

Collards are great. They have to be cleaned well. I'll boil up a bunch but
put some bacon in them. Sometimes I'll just sprinkle on some Balsamic.

Michael

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“It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.”
_Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise

Swish said:

I'd give anything to have some beans and cornbread and big pot of
collards!

I think you throw a hambone in the beans and greens

What's stopping you from cooking them?

Bob

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While I could sure go for the pot of hambone beans and corn bread, I
_detest_ collards!
--
Peace, Om.

I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like? Beet
greens? Chard?
Janet

Green newspaper.

A lot of soul food is the result of necessity. People did the best they
could with what they had, the result of poverty and discrimination. I have
the greatest respect for their grit and determination, but there's only so
much you can do with some ingredients.

--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

--
Peter Aitken

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I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like?
Beet greens? Chard?
Janet

Mustard greens aren't they? A neighbour marinates them in coca cola
for an hour or so then drains and cooks them. There not bad, not
completely to my taste but i could see how a person would like them,
she does her ham the same way with the cola but for a longer period 24
hours or so and that is just superb.

Especially when she serves it with from scratch corn bread made with
bacon grease iirc and black eyed peas.
---
JL

Collards are great. They have to be cleaned well. I'll boil up a bunch
but put some bacon in them. Sometimes I'll just sprinkle on some
Balsamic.

They're not difficult to clean at all; they don't have lots of little
crevices like some other vegetables. Most of the time you also have to cut
out the stem; it's too fibrous to eat. I like to cook collards with just a
bit of water, salt, dry mustard, hot pepper flakes, and garlic. In terms of
taste, I think chard is the closest comparison, though chard isn't as hearty
as collards.

Bob

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>While I could sure go for the pot of hambone beans and corn bread, I
>_detest_ collards!
>--
>Peace, Om.

I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like?
Beet greens? Chard?
Janet

Mustard greens aren't they? A neighbour marinates them in coca cola
for an hour or so then drains and cooks them. There not bad, not
completely to my taste but i could see how a person would like them,
she does her ham the same way with the cola but for a longer period 24
hours or so and that is just superb.

Especially when she serves it with from scratch corn bread made with
bacon grease iirc and black eyed peas.
---
JL

Collards are great. They have to be cleaned well. I'll boil up a bunch

but

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put some bacon in them. Sometimes I'll just sprinkle on some Balsamic.

They are wonderful, especially when they are not oversalted and/or
overcooked--something lots of southern cooks do for some reason.
And the nutrition in them is incredibly rich. They are a species of
wild cabbage.

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> I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like?
> Beet greens? Chard?
> Janet
>

Mustard greens aren't they? A neighbour marinates them in coca cola
for an hour or so then drains and cooks them. There not bad, not
completely to my taste but i could see how a person would like them,
she does her ham the same way with the cola but for a longer period
24 hours or so and that is just superb.

Especially when she serves it with from scratch corn bread made with
bacon grease iirc and black eyed peas.
---
JL

Collards are great. They have to be cleaned well. I'll boil up a
bunch but put some bacon in them. Sometimes I'll just sprinkle on
some Balsamic.

They're not difficult to clean at all; they don't have lots of little
crevices like some other vegetables. Most of the time you also have to
cut out the stem; it's too fibrous to eat. I like to cook collards
with just a bit of water, salt, dry mustard, hot pepper flakes, and
garlic. In terms of taste, I think chard is the closest comparison,
though chard isn't as hearty as collards.

Bob

You have just posted a wonderful method to cook them. Thanks.

Michael

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“It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.”
_Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's franchise

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Green newspaper.

A lot of soul food is the result of necessity. People did the best they
could with what they had, the result of poverty and discrimination. I have
the greatest respect for their grit and determination, but there's only so
much you can do with some ingredients.

--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

Green newspaper??!? Blasphemy! Peter, I must respectfully disagree with
your assessment of collards; a food grown and used out of necessity, true,
but a damn delicious one if cooked properly (baby collards tend to be more
"user-friendly"😉. But then I'm a fool for all bitter greens, including
dandelion. I came home from the farmers' market yesterday with an armload
of chard, curly kale, Lacinto kale, Red Russian kale, beet greens,
dandelions, and yes, collards.

Spitz
--
"Mind the runner beans!"

Bob Terwilliger said:

I like to cook collards with just a
bit of water, salt, dry mustard, hot pepper flakes, and garlic. In terms of
taste, I think chard is the closest comparison, though chard isn't as hearty
as collards.

mmm, that sounds professional

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While I could sure go for the pot of hambone beans and corn bread, I
_detest_ collards!
--
Peace, Om.

I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like? Beet
greens? Chard?
Janet

Shoe leather?
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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While I could sure go for the pot of hambone beans and corn bread, I
_detest_ collards!
--
Peace, Om.

I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like? Beet
greens? Chard?
Janet

Green newspaper.

ROFL!!!
Perfect! ;-D

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A lot of soul food is the result of necessity. People did the best they
could with what they had, the result of poverty and discrimination. I have
the greatest respect for their grit and determination, but there's only so
much you can do with some ingredients.

I prefer rainbow or red chard, or fresh baby spinach.....

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--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

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>> I've never had collards. Is there anything they taste sorta like?
>> Beet greens? Chard?
>> Janet
>>
>
> Mustard greens aren't they? A neighbour marinates them in coca cola
> for an hour or so then drains and cooks them. There not bad, not
> completely to my taste but i could see how a person would like them,
> she does her ham the same way with the cola but for a longer period
> 24 hours or so and that is just superb.
>
> Especially when she serves it with from scratch corn bread made with
> bacon grease iirc and black eyed peas.
> ---
> JL
>

Collards are great. They have to be cleaned well. I'll boil up a
bunch but put some bacon in them. Sometimes I'll just sprinkle on
some Balsamic.

They're not difficult to clean at all; they don't have lots of little
crevices like some other vegetables. Most of the time you also have to
cut out the stem; it's too fibrous to eat. I like to cook collards
with just a bit of water, salt, dry mustard, hot pepper flakes, and
garlic. In terms of taste, I think chard is the closest comparison,
though chard isn't as hearty as collards.

Bob

You have just posted a wonderful method to cook them. Thanks.

Michael

Yeah.

You NEED all that just to give them some flavor!

Om -> obviously not a collard fan.....
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Spitzmaus said:

Green newspaper??!? Blasphemy! Peter, I must respectfully disagree with
your assessment of collards; a food grown and used out of necessity, true,
but a damn delicious one if cooked properly (baby collards tend to be more
"user-friendly"😉. But then I'm a fool for all bitter greens, including
dandelion. I came home from the farmers' market yesterday with an armload
of chard, curly kale, Lacinto kale, Red Russian kale, beet greens,
dandelions, and yes, collards.

daaaamn

i know green leaves are all that a 900 lb gorilla eats
they are pretty healthy

I hope you can eat them all

I've never eaten most of what you listed! Im sure you know what polk
salad is..
a lot of people eat it...but a recent study said it is not good to eat.

dandelions...interesting.

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They're not difficult to clean at all; they don't have lots of little
crevices like some other vegetables. Most of the time you also have to cut
out the stem; it's too fibrous to eat. I like to cook collards with just
a
bit of water, salt, dry mustard, hot pepper flakes, and garlic. In terms
of taste, I think chard is the closest comparison, though chard isn't as
hearty as collards.

Bob

By hearty, do you mean 'body' of the vegetable or the strength of flavor?
Janet