Tip about cooking COLLARDS

[XLeatherX]

I prefer kale. I don't like collard greens or another southern vegetable okra.

 

[HornyHenry]

The pictures of the 'greens and leeks whet my appetite.
My ex used to cook okra but it came out slimey. There are some websites with instructions on cooking it w/o sliminess.

 

[harristate]

I grew up in Texas with Southern parents, grandparents, etc. and we often ate black eyed peas - and always on New Year's for good luck. My favorite meal is black eyed peas and cornbread - yum - and I love collard greens, too, but didn't as a child. Thanks for the tip - I'll try it!

 

[Thad1527]

I need more vegetables in my diet. I've been getting very lazy with my cooking and eating habits.

But I'm a Yankee boy through and through. Collards are a bit much for me.

I've learned to love okra, though. My best college friend worked in the Dutch Fork of South Carolina, not far from Irmo, home of the annual Okra Strut.

 

[andyspete]

Collard greens are awesome! Love them. Had some on Thanksgiving and I'm sure my Mom will prepare them on Christmas and New Year's Day. They do stink the house up when cooking them but the smell is worth it. I love just about every vegetable that I know of. Also, collards are supposed to be among the healthiest greens there are.

 

[roadtripboy]

I'm from the south too. Blackeyed peas and cornbread are great. Okra if cooked right, also. But, I've never developed at taste for Collards Greens. The tip about adding leeks might help a lot. I try it and see.

 

[fetaby]

The only way to eat okra....

 

[DrakeCKC]

Stir fry them in olive oil with a bit of onion, dried red pepper flakes and smoked chicken. YUM!

 

[zoltanspawn]

I love juicy, tender braised collards. I make them a couple times a year with a fat hunk of smoky pork, stock, a spoon of Steen's cane syrup, a glug of vinegar and several shots of Crystal hot sauce. Also like to mix up mustard greens, beet greens, turnip greens, so on and so forth when they're available.

Yes please to grits and black eyed peas and double-yes to okra. I'll eat okra any which way, but one of my favorites is fried with cumin, turmeric, chili- and mango-powders.

I've dreamt about a trip to Louisiana for a while now....

 

[swerve]

OK -- Bear Daddy -- I'm DEFINITELY going to try adding the leaks...

BUT...

FOR NOW -- and my partner and I make Collards ALL THE TIME!!!

Here is the PERFECT vegetarian recipe for collards -- SOUTHERN STYLE!!!

Make 3 cups of vegetarian broth (from the bullion if you're lazy )...

Finely chop 1 full onion (medium to small size) and add to a deep large pan that already has heated 1 TBSP oil and 1 TBSP of butter/margarine...

While that is cooking chop up 2 to 3 cloves of garlic FINELY and add to the onion...

Then add 2 TBSP of Crushed Red Pepper (the kind that you find in pizzerias)...

*This is where I'm GUESSING that I would add the leeks to adopt Bear Daddy's suggestion*

Then add 32 OZ. of precut and WASHED (even if they SAY washed at the store -- we always wash them again -- just in case) Collards and stir while they melt down for a couple of minutes...

Then add the 2-3 cups of hot broth and bring to a boil -- then simmer for at least an hour...

Then -- put it in the Refrigerator -- and heat up the NEXT day for AWESOME collard greens!!!

Note: We usually like to add a little MORE broth than normal -- because we like eating the greens over a cup of brown rice...

Note 2: You can also chop up a tomato if desired and add it to the greens prior to bringing it to a boil

ENJOY!!!

 

[andyspete]

Had Christmas dinner at my parent's house today. My Mom made collards that were absolutely delicious!! I had 2 servings and could have had another but restrained myself from becoming a pig. The whole meal was wonderful. My Mom is an amazing cook! Love that woman.

 

[Mike68]

Never tried them but my bearded dragon loves them

 

[EasyRory]

Black-eyed peas + rice = Hoppin' John, a traditional New Year's Day dish when I lived in Jacksonville, FL.

I prefer chard to collards or kale. Grow it myself.

 

[Joshua_me]

When we first moved "down South", I thought collards were the most disgusting thing I'd ever seen... Now I LUV them... Go figure.

Never did warm up to black-eyed peas, though... (And their new CD is a bit of a let down... )

My Grandma would marinate some red pepper flakes in about a 1/4 cup of honey overnight and add them to the cooking water (liquor ?) at the last minute....

It made them quite tasty....

 

[Cedric]

Make collard green chips the same way you would make kale chips:

1. Wash and thoroughly dry collards
2. Cut into chip-sized pieces
3. Rub olive oil into palms and massage into collard pieces
4. Sprinkle with a tiny amount of salt
5. Put pieces in a single layer on cookie sheets or large roasting pans
6. Bake in preheated 325 oven for about 15 min. (give or take a few)

 

[Cedric]

Also, make collard "fettuccine" for low-carb diets:

1. Cut collards into thin strips.
2. Saute in olive oil with some salt
3. Serve topped with your favorite pasta sauce

 

[AndrewC88]

I cooked greens for xmas. super yummy!