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Collard Greens with Bacon
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| October 20, 2008
| Elise
Posted on 04/06/2011 7:06:56 PM PDT by Bean Counter
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I'm putting this up because it's about time for some fresh collards recipes...they say the frost in Spring makes them particularly tasty, and mine are coming up in the garden already. Collards are a great early crop.
Don't cheap out on the bacon...get the thick-cut stuff for this recipe, and be sure to get real Apple Cider Vinegar, not the "flavored" stuff...
Enjoy!
To: Bean Counter
May I suggest ham hocks rather than bacon?
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:08:33 PM PDT
by
mylife
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To: Bean Counter
You had me at “don’t overcook the bacon.”
I usually make my collards with garlic, onion and smoked ham shank but will try to branch out a bit and try this.
To: Bean Counter
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:11:23 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: Bean Counter
yea love my greens
poke starting to come up to
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:15:43 PM PDT
by
jessky
To: Bean Counter
Sounds great! I’ll give this a try (with cornbread, of course).
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:17:57 PM PDT
by
Texas Mulerider
(Rap music: hieroglyphics with a beat.)
To: Bean Counter
bookmark for later. I don’t like cooked greens, but I have found, after a lifetime quest, an acceptable corn bread recipe. When I get home I’ll post it here.
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:19:32 PM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: Bean Counter; All
Next time you pull up a big fat radish, chop up the whole
plant, leaves and all...cook as prescribed above...yum...
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:19:55 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(Little 'r' republican: taker of the Founder's 'Red Pill'...www.mikechurch.com)
To: waterhill
hot Bacon grease pour over
mmm a meal with cornbread
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:25:45 PM PDT
by
jessky
To: waterhill
yah! I have some nice white radishes coming up right now, and they ought to be good in a couple of weeks....
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:25:51 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts!!)
To: waterhill
I was always afraid the leaves may be poisonous but you are right. They are edible.
I will give that a try.
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:28:17 PM PDT
by
mylife
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To: Bean Counter
Is this a pro-environmental, anti-Muslim dish?
And down with the ham hocks!
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:28:53 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a U.S. Marine.)
To: Bean Counter
Yummmm! Nice recipte. People always overcook bacon, IMHO, whether they’re using it for cooking or for eating. I hate picking bacon shards from between my teeth. A nice slightly crispy but still juicy piece of bacon...bliss!
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:29:52 PM PDT
by
livius
To: Bean Counter
Collard greens are too “harsh” for my tastes. Turnip greens are too “sweet.”
But mix ‘em together and they come out just right.
A recipe you want? Mix one can collard greens with one can turnip greens and heat.
Eat with a little vinegar.
To: Bean Counter
To: Bean Counter; mylife
Those Icicle/white carrot looking radishes are really great!
Beet greens rock too...
dandelion,nettles... lol...
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:34:37 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(Little 'r' republican: taker of the Founder's 'Red Pill'...www.mikechurch.com)
To: waterhill
I’ll take your word on the nettles.
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:36:43 PM PDT
by
mylife
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To: Bean Counter
Yum Yum. Collard greens along with black eyed peas on New Years is good luck.
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:45:51 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: mylife; Bean Counter
nettles: somewhere between chard and mustard in taste...
you want to harvest the fresh ‘tops’, the new small leaves... cook as prescribed above...yum
Theres a lot of ‘weeds’ out there that are edible... lol...
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:48:40 PM PDT
by
waterhill
(Little 'r' republican: taker of the Founder's 'Red Pill'...www.mikechurch.com)
To: waterhill
I am not familiar with all the southern edible plants
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posted on
04/06/2011 7:51:26 PM PDT
by
mylife
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