Local produce, collards?

No collards? I didn't buy them today because I was waiting to see how many people I'll be cooking for on Tuesday, thus I didn't look to see if Publix Watercolor had them. I MUST HAVE FRESH COLLARDS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY!

I remember the year that every store in town (back where we live in GA) was out of black-eyed peas. I flipped out! I ended up having to buy canned ones.

Toni has collard and turnip greens as well as a freezer full of summer peas.

Publix at Watercolor had fresh collard greens as of Saturday night. Two for one, actually. We bought kale and mustard greens, as well.

Toni has collard and turnip greens as well as a freezer full of summer peas.

Reiterated..hasn't there been a "keep it local" thing going? They have them washed there as well. Mix mustards and collards for a super treat.

oooooh - thanks!

Isn't Toni on 283?

Yes turn left at the sherwin williams when going north.

This is one holiday that I'm sorta glad I live in Chicago.

Collards
black eyed peas

This is one holiday that I'm sorta glad I live in Chicago.

Collards
black eyed peas

I was kinda thinking the same thing... I only thought black eyed peas came in a can....don't y'all do pork and sauerkraut?

I was kinda thinking the same thing... I only thought black eyed peas came in a can....don't y'all do pork and sauerkraut?

Well, when I was growing up in ALA, we always ate those collards and blackeyed peas for good luck. But they're yucky to me.
I honestly don't know what's eaten up north. Northerners aren't superstitious I guess.

You'll need to email me your pork and sauerkraut recipe!

the only New Years I didn't get any peas I was on Sanibel :angry:Now blackeyed peas are different from most peas you put up in the summer like lady peas or purplehulls or dixie lees or cream or crowder or black crowders or pinkeye purplehulls.
OL we always have cabbage (for $) peas cooked with hamhock (for luck)cornbread and fried porkchops! I like what we eat on New Years tons better than turkey and dressing.

My idea of New Years dinner, is STEAK! Yum! Set the year off right!

Toni has collard and turnip greens as well as a freezer full of summer peas.

Thanks for the tip.

Publix at Watercolor had fresh collard greens as of Saturday night. Two for one, actually. We bought kale and mustard greens, as well.

Ditto.

This is one holiday that I'm sorta glad I live in Chicago.

Collards
black eyed peas

Hubby refuses to eat collards (with hog jowl) on New Year's Day. So I make green beans for him. But after many years of marriage, he has grown to like my Hoppin' John (basically black-eyed peas and rice). He also likes my cornbread (made with sour cream and creamed corn).

In the cooler month when hubby is out of town, I'll make a big pot of collard greens (they are so healthy for you) and eat them for lunch and dinner for days. I'll sop up the pot likker with the cornbread -- yum!

Thanks for the tip.


Ditto.


Hubby refuses to eat collards (with hog jowl) on New Year's Day. So I make green beans for him. But after many years of marriage, he has grown to like my Hoppin' John (basically black-eyed peas and rice). He also likes my cornbread (made with sour cream and creamed corn).

In the cooler month when hubby is out of town, I'll make a big pot of collard greens (they are so healthy for you) and eat them for lunch and dinner for days. I'll sop up the pot likker with the cornbread -- yum!

I like turnip greens but collards were always kind of waxy or something. Maybe my mom didn't cook them correctly.

I'm not big on turnips but I adore collards. Once a year, anyway. If I cook 'em...I don't use nearly as much grease as most older folks think is required, and I don't do hog jowl (sorry, BR, just give me five thick slices of bacon instead). I throw in about 1/2 tsp of sugar to cut the bitter taste, which absolutely horrifies Fuzz's grandmother (pictured left).

Blackeyed peas (or hoppin' john) : good luck

Collards: money

Cornbread: required accompaniment to either

And I'm REALLY glad I live in the south; did somebody say sauerkraut?

P.S. After the required serving of blackeyed peas with ham hock, throw in a can of diced tomatoes. It's really good! Plain blackeye peas, two servings, maybe. Blackeye peas with tomatoes, eat for the rest of the week.

And, on a tangent that has no place in the Dining/Food forum: whatever you do, you must absolutely NOT wash clothes on New Year's Day. ;-)

I've never heard anything about not washing clothes on NYD! Whats up with that?

Washes your luck away?

If I gotta collards (or turnip) greens for good luck, I'll just take bad luck.

Matter of fact, eating the durn things would be bad luck for me.

Ms seaside and lil seaside luv 'em for some reason.

Oh yeah, I remeber: They weren't raised poor!!!:funn:

Sandestin Publix had bagged kale, mustards, and turnip greens Monday afternoon. Bruno's, across from the outlet stores, had bagged collards (which looked pretty sickly). I saw some good looking loose greens (didn't check which ones) in The Fresh Market. I like all kinds of greens, but tomorrow will do a smothered cabbage (with lots of bacon), Hoppin' John, and fried pork chops. Burp!!

GT lost , but at least I got my collards, black-eyed peas, cornbread ingredients, and hog jowl at Publix Seagrove.

And I am cooking Hong Kong Salmon (a variation on the quintessential Hong Kong Sea Bass from Buckhead Diner) tonight. YUM!

I like turnip greens but collards were always kind of waxy or something. Maybe my mom didn't cook them correctly.

We cook them with garlic, balsamic vinegar, and hot sauce. My entire family loves them that way. Even our picky veggie phobic daughter. Mine are already cooked and waiting for guests. Black eyed peas are prepared with a blend of herbs and seasonings, we never have leftovers. My mom and grandmother (rest her sweet soul) cooked them to be pretty inedible. Thank goodness for the food network and creative new ways to cook some good ol' Southern standards.

We cook them with garlic, balsamic vinegar, and hot sauce. My entire family loves them that way. Even our picky veggie phobic daughter. Mine are already cooked and waiting for guests. Black eyed peas are prepared with a blend of herbs and seasonings, we never have leftovers. My mom and grandmother (rest her sweet soul) cooked them to be pretty inedible. Thank goodness for the food network and creative new ways to cook some good ol' Southern standards.

On New Year's Day I cook collards with a little piece of hog jowl and serve them with hot pepper sauce. The rest of the year, I leave off the hog jowl.

I add sauteed onions to my black-eyed peas and serve them over rice with salsa on the side.

Then I add the world's best cornbread:
1 cup self-rising cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
8 ounces sour cream
1 (8 1/2 ounce) can cream-style corn

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine all ingredients and pour into a greased 9-inch cake pan. Cook for 30-40 minutes. Serves 6-8.

So far...

Got collards at Toni's, they were so pretty! They turned out OK...I think I didn't "fry them down" enough. I don't cook them often enough to remember what works and what doesn't. But they are OK. Might be better after they set up a while.

Attempted to re-create Fuzz's late grandpa's fried cornbread. Anybody need a hockey puck? (Next mission - find FINE-ground cornmeal!)

But the peas turned out awesome. Squirt is on his third helping (and that's impressive, for him!). Two ham hocks, liberal sprinking of seasoned salt, and I used chicken broth for half the cooking water. Other than that, .

Happy New Year...

P.S. After the required serving of blackeyed peas with ham hock, throw in a can of diced tomatoes. It's really good! Plain blackeye peas, two servings, maybe. Blackeye peas with tomatoes, eat for the rest of the week.

And, on a tangent that has no place in the Dining/Food forum: whatever you do, you must absolutely NOT wash clothes on New Year's Day. ;-)

WTHeck..I've been doing laundry all day..:shock:

I've never heard anything about not washing clothes on NYD! Whats up with that?

You guys don't get out much, do you? The old saying goes, whatever you do on Jan 01, you will be doing all year.