Magical Eating » collards http://magical-eating.com Sustaining ourselves, sustaining our communities Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:33:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Collards anyone? http://magical-eating.com/2009/07/06/collards-anyone/ http://magical-eating.com/2009/07/06/collards-anyone/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:42:22 +0000 Larry http://magical-eating.com/2009/07/06/collards-anyone/ I’ve learned that Springfield, Illinois just doesn’t garden like the North. The flowering dogwoods everywhere were a clue. Broccoli and brussels sprouts definitely sulk, so on a whim this year I rescued a dozen runty, overstressed collard plants from an end-of-season nursery and put them in the garden I tend for my employer.

They are looking beautiful! Now, how do I go about preparing them for a vegetarian? Local wisdom is to boil them with a pork hock or smoked turkey neck. Anyone have a suggestion for preparation? I’m leaning towards a light saute with onions and soy sauce for starters, but don’t even know if I’m supposed to be picking the young leaves or the old leaves…

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