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OK, so I was able to pull off a food shot & recipe! Suite Suzy & the girls made it home in time for her to make the cornbread dressing & banana pudding so dinner is on & poppin’
Anyway, nothing says lovin’ better than a plate of fresh collard greens, a true negro favorite.
Ingredients:
- Fresh collard greens
- Smoked turkey wing
- Red pepper flakes
- Black pepper
- Salt
- Balsamic vinegar
Procedure:
- Soak the greens in cold water for an hour so that any dirt can sift down to the bottom of your sink. I let mine soak for an hour then drain water & do a final rinse.
- Boil your turkey wing in a large pot with a few splashes of balsamic vinegar & salt for at least 30 minutes to get all the flavor out of the wing.
- Once your water is fully seasoned & the greens are cleaned, take your greens & pull the stem from the middle to be discarded.
- Take a sizable amount of your stemless greens & roll them up in a tight bunch then cut them into small rows width wise.
- After all of your greens are cut up, toss them into your seasoned & boiling water leaving the smoked turkey wing in.
- Add your red pepper flakes, black pepper & a little saffron (as you can see, I like my greens a little spicy).
- The greens should boil for at least 1½ to 2 hours slowly.
- Serve hot & with anything from broiled salmon to some hot & nasty chitlin’s.
I would love to show the finished product but cooked greens are not photogenic no matter who cooks them IMO. Wait, since Darius T. Williams somewhat called me out, here is a dinner plate to go. Sorry we were put of foil & Kmart bags.
March 24th, 2008 at 12:01 AM
I LOVE me some collard greens!!!
March 24th, 2008 at 2:30 AM
Awww – I was looking for the finished product – I know you cooked the hell outta them.
March 24th, 2008 at 3:33 AM
Meikmeika – OK!!! collards are the bomb! I sued to love my moms greens growing up. As I got older she tarted shifting from collards to mustards & turnips. The recently, she flipped the script & started doing the country mix; mustards, collards, turnips & kale.
I cannot hang with that. The smell of the other greens make me gag especially turnips.
DTW – Where you been??? I think I did pretty good & they got good reviews at dinner.
Because I know you is nosey as hell, I uploaded a photos. LOL!!!
Bygbaby
March 24th, 2008 at 8:37 AM
im good for a meal if i am up in your camp right folk? and also i have a new book out, let me know what u think of the cover its posted on my blog here http://rawdawgb.blogspot.com/2008/03/shameless-self-promotion-pt-2.html
March 24th, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Man, you’re making a woman hungry for some Easter leftovers! And I must admit, your cooked greens are the best looking greens I’ve ever seen.
March 24th, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Suite Suzy is one lucky woman. A man who can cook greens that taste good and don’t clog the arteries. Gotta love it! Thanks for the recipe!
March 24th, 2008 at 5:00 PM
*checking flights to MI*
damn your posts make me hungry! lol
March 24th, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Your blog should have a warning: Not suitable for greedy, hungry, pregnant folks (such as myself) LOL!
You just made me add collards to my organic food delivery for this week. Yum, yum.
with peace,
hijabi aka hungrigreedian
March 25th, 2008 at 6:18 AM
Torrance – Congrats on the book & that cover is hot!
Tina – LOL & Thx, We try not to cook them to death like so many of us do!
Ingrid – Thx so much. I tell her how lucky she is all the time but that usually winds up with my getting cussed out for being cocky. LOL!!!
Cluizel – LOL!!! Just wait to I switch to the desert series. Mmmmmmm.
Hijabi Apprentice – LOL I need a few other warnings too according to a few emails that I got recently. Hmmm, organic collards, you go with them bourgeoise greens!!!
Bygbaby