Collard Greens
This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:19 AM and is filed under recipes.
Grow your own collards it is not hard.
Harvest individual leaves till you have about a 1/2 a paper grocery sack full.
Wash them in the sink, remove any bad leaves, remove any stalks that are over 1/4 inch thick, tear the leaves apart by hand into bite size pieces.
Use a large pot to cook the greens in, fill half way with water, bring to a boil, and add 4 pieces of half cooked bacon along with the grease from the bacon, ( don't worry the bacon will be boiled ), add 1/2 tea spoon of dried red pepper, add 1/2 teaspoon salt, ( I have borderline high blood pressure you may want more salt but remember the bacon adds salt) add your greens and stir, it will appear they are not going to fit but just keep stiring.
Bring the water back to a boil and then reduce the heat and cook for a least a hour.
These greens freeze well just place in freezer bags and when you want them again put them right in a pot and bring back to a boil.
