Momma Evelyn’s Collard Greens

Hello, Darlings!

I have been under the weather for a short time. Not Covid 19, because I am fully vaccinated for it. It was just a seasonal allergy that went secondary.  Nevertheless, I am fine now.

For months now I have been posting mainly on this website. The reason for it is as you know that I have been working in my garden. That took up a lot a time but I now know that here in Florida I can now maintain the garden all year round.  It should not be a problem, which means I can get back to updating my other websites. These websites are, as if you don’t already know:

A Catholic's Life, Anew

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My Anime Nook

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But enough of this, today I have another recipe. This one is for collard greens. You know how once in a while you can have a brain fart, or god forbid,  a ‘Senior Moment’, well today’s recipe is the results of one of these quaint little phrases. I have been cooking these greens the same way for decades and today I almost added onions, which I never have before. However, I do add an onion to my beans, which has been said to decrease or stop the formation of gas.

I must ask. “Was the person that corned the phrase ‘Senior Moment’ being politically correct? Well, it wasn’t necessary. I mean it, it really, really wasn’t necessary.”

Moving on, here is my very own recipe for cooking greens, especially collard greens the old fashioned way.

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Ingredients

1 large smoked ham hock or 1 cup of chopped ham, or 1 large piece of smoked pork neck bone (A sprinkling of ham flavoring, optional if using smoked pork neck bones.)

Enough collard greens or mustard and turnip greens to fill a 5 to 6 quart Dutch oven

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

1 tablespoon bacon fat or, olive oil

 

 

Directions

1. Fill Dutch oven 1/3 high with water. Add salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and meat
2. Cook over medium heat to boiling point, add some greens
3. Add more greens as they boil down and until the desire amount is reached. Add additional water if needed.
4. Boil on medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally
5. After 15 minutes, reduce to medium low for 30 minutes
6. Remove from heat when done

Enjoy.

 

Pot of collard greens with mustard potato salad, rutabaga and pork ribs.

Download recipe here.

 

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Well, that’s it. I first started posting my most common recipes for my children who live apart from me, and who really enjoy my cooking. Now I also see it posting them as well as some the good and unusually ones that I find like from other websites as a way of preserving some the old ways of down home cooking.

 

Here is my, yes, my platter of roaster oven ribs with homemade bread spread with homemade Parmesan/Romano garlic butter.

HAVE A VERY GOOD MEMORIAL DAY!

LOVE TO THOSE WHO SERVE TO PROTECT US AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN FOR US.

Until next time,

   Chow, Darlings.

 

 

Improving a Shadyside Raise Bed

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Here on this crisp cool morning, which will later reach a blazing 85^o degree, I want to share with you how I began my day.

After running some errands yesterday I bought some Persian Shield and some Liriope perennials plants for the raised bed in the outer backyard garden. This arrangement was inspired by the Liriope was all ready there by its lonesome self. Because this area of the garden doesn’t get much sun I needed shade plants or plants that only needed part sun to survive.

I think my choice was the right one and the results beautiful. The video shows more details.

 

 

In addition are photos of tulips that had begun to lean out of their pots. I clipped them and added them to a glass of miracle grow flower fertilizer. Then I sat them in the kitchen window. The way they lean in the glass looks beautiful.

Lastly, is a day view and night view of my new ‘St. Fiacre, in the Gardener Statue’. I broke the first one and was upset with my clumsiness.

Oh, and let’s not forget one of my latest photos at 70 years old. I recently got my second Pfizer vaccine, and it has really uplifted my spirits immensely. I am so happy that I got them.

Until next time,

Chow, Darlings