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Topic: How to Cook Collard Greens??
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juniperb
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posted June 22, 2013 04:43 PM
  
I never ate them but for a client, I planted 6 plants then they ask me how to prepare them. In salads like lettus , steamed or ?? They are vegetarians so no meat recipies.(my Granny cooked them with side pork for seasoning) Help  ------------------
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Randall
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posted June 22, 2013 04:46 PM
Cover in water and boil them, then pour off the excess water, add more water to cover them, and reboil them till tender. Pouring off the water will take away the bitterness and allow their natural sweetness to shine. If you want rave reviews, add a little sugar in the water the second time.  IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted June 22, 2013 09:56 PM
I love collard greens. They are one of my favorite foods. I cook with coconut oil because my health food store guy said it was good but olive oil tastes better sauteed. The key to a non bacon grease recipe that is still good, ime, is saute garlic in the oil, then add the collards.The old Southern recipes taste delicious but they use bad fats like bacon grease. Chop them up well as they look better that way.
Soy sauce is great on them, too. You can have them cold, too, the next day as a salad bar kind of food.
I have been juicing 3 cups a day because I have 100 plants  Something is making my hair beautiful and it may be these as they are super, super powerful for nutrition.
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Ami Anne
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posted June 22, 2013 09:58 PM
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Originally posted by Randall:
Cover in water and boil them, then pour off the excess water, add more water to cover them, and reboil them till tender. Pouring off the water will take away the bitterness and allow their natural sweetness to shine. If you want rave reviews, add a little sugar in the water the second time.
I will try this, Randall.
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posted June 22, 2013 10:30 PM
Collards greens are loaded with good stuff. I eat them raw as taco wraps, but should be juicing or blending them, too. IP: Logged |
juniperb
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posted June 23, 2013 08:51 AM
Thank you  Good recipes to pass along. Yeah, I only ever saw them served with pork or bacon grease. . Are they too bitter to eat like spinach in a salad?
As cold or wilted salad? Also, when sauteing, do you boil first to remove bitter or just chop & saute? ------------------
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Randall
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posted June 23, 2013 11:29 AM
I've never personally tried them raw, but I've heard that they are bitter, although when adding to salad as a bitter element, it's great, so long as you balance it with other elements. Bitter as a taste is a great accompaniment.IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted June 23, 2013 07:53 PM
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I've never personally tried them raw, but I've heard that they are bitter, although when adding to salad as a bitter element, it's great, so long as you balance it with other elements. Bitter as a taste is a great accompaniment.
I love bitter. The natural restaurant near me has a collard burrito. They wrap various natural things in a collard leaf. It is OK but to people who are not health food nuts, they would probably not like it 
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Ami Anne
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posted June 23, 2013 07:56 PM
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Originally posted by juniperb:
Thank you Good recipes to pass along. Yeah, I only ever saw them served with pork or bacon grease. . Are they too bitter to eat like spinach in a salad?
As cold or wilted salad? Also, when sauteing, do you boil first to remove bitter or just chop & saute?
I try to keep the natural enzymes and boiling will take them away so I try to do less intense cooking ways. So, light sauteing would be better than boiling.
I chop and saute but the garlic really helps.
Tamari is a better quality soy sauce and this added at the end is delicious. Shoyu is tamari with lemon juice and this is delicious too. I like this cold like a salad bar food.
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juniperb
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posted June 25, 2013 08:13 AM
Thanks for the info. I will pass it all along. You all convinced me I was right and they are not yummy I`m going to bring some home for the fur faces and see if they pass the raw/bitter test! ------------------
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Ami Anne
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posted June 25, 2013 09:39 AM
I will tell you one thing. Something is making my hair beautiful. I don't know if it is the collard greens or the aloe but I can't stop touching my own hair  ------------------
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Randall
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posted June 26, 2013 10:01 AM
They are actually quite yummy once twice boiled. And in salad raw with honey to counterbalance the bitterness (I hear).IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted June 27, 2013 09:08 AM
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Originally posted by Randall:
They are actually quite yummy once twice boiled. And in salad raw with honey to counterbalance the bitterness (I hear).
Never heard of the salad raw with honey. I will try that today and tell you. That sounds very cool.
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juniperb
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posted June 27, 2013 09:23 AM
Is kale as bitter as collards?------------------
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posted June 28, 2013 12:34 PM
Never had it before, but from the way they use it in salad all the time on cooking shows, I would think not.IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted June 30, 2013 08:52 AM
Kale is not as bitter as collards. The new kind of rage in natural raw foods is Kale chips. They are really good, I think. I buy them but you can make them with a dehydrator but I don't have one.------------------
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Randall
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posted July 01, 2013 11:35 AM
Kale must taste pretty good. It's a very popular ingredient on cooking shows. IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted July 01, 2013 05:05 PM
kale chips are really good. I love Kale. You can make it the same way as collards.In Italian white Bean Vegetable soup, it is a great ingredient. ------------------
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Randall
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posted July 02, 2013 10:16 AM
Sounds great for soup!IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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posted July 02, 2013 08:00 PM
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Sounds great for soup!
Yes, Kale really adds to vegetable soup. It is great with white beans and great with tomatoes. I just bought some seeds for a really pretty Kale that has big leaves. I can't remember the name. There are lots of varieties. I was surprised about that. ------------------
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Randall
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posted July 03, 2013 12:17 PM
Will try some raw.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted July 04, 2013 10:44 AM
Saw them cut it on Chopped. It sounds crunchy!IP: Logged |
juniperb
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posted July 07, 2013 09:23 AM
Are collards supposed to set flowers or be harvested before they flower? One flowered and it is pretty yellow flowers but is it too far over now?If so, I have to pull all 6 plants. ------------------
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Ami Anne
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posted July 07, 2013 07:44 PM
When things flower, they get bitter so you don't want things to flower if you want to eat them, Juni.------------------
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Randall
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posted July 07, 2013 08:51 PM
Sometimes they also become poison. Not sure about collards, though. Never ever ever eat a potato that has grown eyes. It is a nerve toxin. Natives used to use it for poison darts.IP: Logged |
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