Kitchen

[Sooner]

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!!!!!   

[gtx]

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. 

[Goodie2shoes]

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

[Pezzie]

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.

[SouthernBee]

@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.

[ECBG]

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@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.

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@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.

[Carolina925]

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.

[Harpa]

@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.

[ECBG]

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@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.

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@Harpa 

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

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

[Hoovermom]

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.