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alfredo

(60,065 posts)
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 01:47 PM Apr 2019

The Collard greens were reserved for the slaves.

They were seen as something beneath the white slave owners.

Collards are very nutritious, mild flavored, and have a good mouthfeel.

I got introduced to Collards in Eritrea. It was a dish called Gomen Wat. Make them like any other green, but you add Turmeric. That makes all the difference.

Gomen Wat

Ingredients
* 
2 cups frozen collard greens. I used half a bunch of fresh. Be sure to remove stems.
* 
1/4 cup chopped onions
* 
1 teaspoon garlic
* 
1/2 teaspoons turmeric
* 
1 teaspoon salt
* 
1 teaspoon paprika
For Finishing
* 
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
* 
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar

For Stovetop
1. Sauté onions and garlic, and add collard greens and spices.
2. Add 1/2 cup of water, cover the pan, and cook the greens until tender and done, about 20 minutes.
3. Season with vinegar and taste adjust as needed.
4. Serve Warm.

I love it wrapped in whole Wheat Naan.

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The Collard greens were reserved for the slaves. (Original Post) alfredo Apr 2019 OP
This yankee has grown to love them. Freethinker65 Apr 2019 #1
I was raised on Bacon Fat and Crisco. alfredo Apr 2019 #8
Never thought to have my greens with naan, which seems delicious... Anon-C Apr 2019 #2
It is Devine. I also made Harissa from Harissa powder alfredo Apr 2019 #9
LOVE collards - our favorite - chop and quickly saute/steam with sesame oil, NRaleighLiberal Apr 2019 #3
That sounds so good. Can I steal that? alfredo Apr 2019 #10
Please do! NRaleighLiberal Apr 2019 #14
Thanks. alfredo Apr 2019 #15
Southern style flamin lib Apr 2019 #4
Ham hocks are my religion. alfredo Apr 2019 #11
Love em. Especially on New Years Day. redstateblues Apr 2019 #5
They are fab on Thursday too. alfredo Apr 2019 #12
That sounds great. I love the peppery taste of turmeric. That recipe is similar japple Apr 2019 #6
Eating well. alfredo Apr 2019 #13
So many great foods started as poor peoples food Buzz cook Apr 2019 #7
Got to have creamy cole slaw too, just to cleanse the pallet alfredo Apr 2019 #18
Easy to grow and a great winter crop here in Texas dem in texas Apr 2019 #16
You are so southern, I bet you need an interpreter in Connecticut alfredo Apr 2019 #17
You would fit right in the Deep South food wise. Blue_true May 2019 #19

Freethinker65

(9,933 posts)
1. This yankee has grown to love them.
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 01:52 PM
Apr 2019

At first I sautéd and then cooked them in bacon fat with onion and garlic because that is how I had them prepared by in-laws. Now I often just sauté and cook them by themselves.

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)
2. Never thought to have my greens with naan, which seems delicious...
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 01:56 PM
Apr 2019

...but I love fresh poori and imagine that would be good as well.

Thank you!

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
9. It is Devine. I also made Harissa from Harissa powder
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 08:04 PM
Apr 2019

Had it with eggs on a Flatbread. Toufayan makes almost WW pita and not a quite WW flatbread that are easy to swallow and don’t turn into paste

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
3. LOVE collards - our favorite - chop and quickly saute/steam with sesame oil,
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 02:11 PM
Apr 2019

a few hot pepper flakes, lots of ginger and garlic, and...cubed pineapple! Takes only 10-15 min - perfect bed for roasted cod or grilled salmon.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
4. Southern style
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 02:23 PM
Apr 2019

Is to boil a smoked ham hock for an hour and cook the greens with onions in the stock. This treatment sounds interesting, I'm gonna try it.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
11. Ham hocks are my religion.
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 08:14 PM
Apr 2019

Ham hocks and snap beans. Save a little space for the pot liquor poured over white bread.

japple

(9,773 posts)
6. That sounds great. I love the peppery taste of turmeric. That recipe is similar
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 02:52 PM
Apr 2019

to the way I cook greens from our garden. I remove the ribs and chop. Saute in olive oil with garlic and cumin, and then add smoked turkey wing broth and a diced turnip. When cooked through, I add a dash of Braggs Apple Cider vinegar and a pinch of sugar. We eat with cornbread and field peas. Usually served with pickled peppers in vinegar.

Buzz cook

(2,470 posts)
7. So many great foods started as poor peoples food
Wed Apr 24, 2019, 03:18 PM
Apr 2019

Greens are on the menu at my favorite BBQ place. Can't eat ribs without them.

dem in texas

(2,672 posts)
16. Easy to grow and a great winter crop here in Texas
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 02:13 PM
Apr 2019

I used to have a big winter garden till I got too old to take care of it. Nothing like greens when you pick then and cook them fresh from the garden.

I now buy them fresh at my favorite market and cook them in rice cooker. I used to use bacon or ham hock, now cook plain, still good. Like to sprinkle a little of the vinegar from a bottle of yellow peppers on them. Sometimes buy a bunch of collards, turnips greens and mustard greens and cook a batch of mixed greens.

Usually I cook a pot of pinto beans and bake some buttermilk corn bread in an iron skillet.

Oh boy, I am getting hungry!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
19. You would fit right in the Deep South food wise.
Thu May 2, 2019, 11:57 PM
May 2019

The stuff you listed is stuff that I have heard talked about for years.

A lot of dirt farmers grow greens in my part of Florida to be sold off wagons around Christmas/New Years. Greens are not my cup of tea, I prefer fresh string beans.

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