topic Re: Collards!!! in Kitchen

Collards!!!

ECBG — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 01:23:11 GMT

I buy 4 groups of 3 bands of collards and cook them. We can't eat all of that (of course) but I freeze them! SO much better than the cut frozen collards in the grocery store.

What do you like?

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SurferWife — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 01:44:40 GMT

@ECBG

We love collards, but don't buy them much living in Hawaii. They are over the top expensive here (one little band of maybe 3 leaves is over $5). We would rather not eat them than to buy frozen ones.

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D Kay — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:00:37 GMT

I buy the bags of pre cut and washed collards. Same with kale.

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phoenixbrd — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 13:43:02 GMT

Love collards....lightly steam them, trim down the thick middle stem and stuff with lots of veggies, sprouts, little hummus, avo....and make a wrap.

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ECBG — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:07:24 GMT

@D Kay

Unless you have eaten the fresh, you don't know how yummy they are.

i just stripped and cut 4 bundles of 3. We'll have those and I'll freeze the rest after I stood all day in retail.

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shoesnbags — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:09:09 GMT

@ECBG

Like you, I buy collards by the bunch - in fact we just ate our collards. Woke up this morning to a non-functioning refrigerator so I had to cook everything a day early rather than have it spoil. We enjoyed those collard greens with cornbread muffins. Bright spot in an otherwise not so good day. Having a major appliance break down at the beginning of a holiday weekend is no fun!

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ECBG — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:12:50 GMT

@shoesnbags

Appliance issues are horrible! So sorry. I have a big freezer. Take care!

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shoesnbags — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:19:03 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
@shoesnbags

Appliance issues are horrible! So sorry. I have a big freezer. Take care!

@ECBG

We do, too. So I moved all of the frozen items into the big freezer, but everything was totally thawed so not sure if I'll end up keeping anything. It was frozen veggies and frozen fruit, so it won't kill us but the quality after being refrozen will probably be poor.

The refrigerator section is large and all of that stuff will be a total loss. Hubby picked up some ice but the ice chest will only hold a small amount compared to what was in the fridge. If only it hadn't picked New Year's Eve to go out.

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ECBG — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:27:42 GMT

@shoesnbags

SO sorry. I certainly have been in your place!

Happy New Years!

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mizree — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 03:01:21 GMT

I cook collards weekly when fresh are available. I cook in pressure cooker. Years ago I cooked multiple bunches in Nesco roaster and less frequently but always for Mother's Day, Mom's Birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. I find the pre chopped bags have too many large stems. Happy New Year!

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Sooner — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 03:06:26 GMT

Fresh ones for us too! We love them! We made a Whole Foods haul Thursday and they were on the list! They are the only green I love! We had to stock up on ground beef and roasts and whole chickens!

By the way, that multi-colored Swiss Chard is good too and you can grow it in a container and keep picking batches from the outer leaves. If the danged rabbits don't get it. But the Chard is so pretty and doesn't seem to be first on the bug's list.

Rabbits better be careful because being Southern I have lots of cookbooks with rabbit recipes!!!!!

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gtx — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 03:51:32 GMT

I love collard and turnip greens. And I really love turnips. I need to look for some. It takes a while to cook the greens unless I use a pressure cooker.

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Goodie2shoes — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 04:00:25 GMT

I buy the bagged washed collards, cook them in low sodium chicken stock with smoked turkey YUM !

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Pezzie — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 04:23:40 GMT

Love collards, but did not know they come bagged, cut and washed! I truly learn something new everyday reading the forums! Will have to look for them next time. I always just bought the bundles, and sometimes they do not look their best.

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SouthernBee — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:27:50 GMT

@ECBG : We prefer the fresh. The bagged collards has to many big stems. I cut and clean them and put them in zip lock bags in the freezer. I cook them with chicken broth, one packet of Goya ham flavor and a pinch of sugar. I have a pressure cooker but prefer to cook them in a big pot on low heat for three hours. My friends love my collards. I serve them with corn bread and chow chow relish.

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ECBG — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:34:53 GMT

@SouthernBee wrote:
@ECBG : We prefer the fresh. The bagged collards has to many big stems. I cut and clean them and put them in zip lock bags in the freezer. I cook them with chicken broth, one packet of Goya ham flavor and a pinch of sugar. I have a pressure cooker but prefer to cook them in a big pot on low heat for three hours. My friends love my collards. I serve them with corn bread and chow chow relish.

@SouthernBee

I season mine just about the same as you do.

I'll freeze what we don't eat. I have some microwave safe freezer containers. I don't have that large wedge of time to cook them.

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Carolina925 — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:44:23 GMT

Collards & corn bread is my favorite part of my New Years Day meal! I buy them already chopped from a farm in SC and agree about too many stems but it's easier to cut out those stems than soaking them to get rid of the sand. I've always heard that they need a nice frost before cutting to keep them sweet. We're still in the 70/80s here so I'm hoping they will be good.

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Harpa — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 13:54:52 GMT

@ECBG

You eat them fresh? Like in a salad?

With all the green leaves I've grown & eaten, I don't think I ever had collards.

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ECBG — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 13:57:19 GMT

@Harpa wrote:
@ECBG
You eat them fresh? Like in a salad?

With all the green leaves I've grown & eaten, I don't think I ever had collards.

@Harpa

No, I simmer them in water untill tender, just like @SouthernBee said below.

LOVE them! SO much more flavor than cut frozen collards.

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Hoovermom — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 17:43:56 GMT

My mom was a fabulous Southern cook and I loved everything she ever made except collards LOL. I just cannot stand them. Y'all have brought back good memories of her today.