Pictured in the center of the image is a mess of collard greens from our last tailgate football party. Collards are a specialty of southern American cuisine, and are not common up here in Canada as far as I know. I've never had them before, and was curious to try them out.
Apparently, specialty grocery stores will carry collard greens as they are a very healthy food. We found seeds for them in our local garden store and grew them in our backyard garden. The first crop was completely devastated by vermin, so we figured the plants tasted good enough for them to eat. We watched the second crop more carefully and were rewarded with tender greens.
I followed the famous "Memphis Blues" recipe and cooked the collards in chicken stock with garlic, onion, salt, pepper, and vinegar. Collard greens are wonderful! They seem like spinach, except they taste good.
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