Using Bacon with your Greens.

[Blanesgarden]

Hey yall, I dont have too many ideas to share, but I would like to mention an all time favorite of mine in preparing your garden greens.
Turnip greens, Mustard, Collards, Pole. Snaps..etc...

After you boil them for an hour or so...
Drain the water, add more water, then put in the bacon.
Watch it boil slowly...
another hour passes...
Do you not Temp yourself in picking out some of those pieces of Bacon, just to taste sample for yourself?
Me too.
Fry it first?
Yea, done that also.
Everybody wonders..."Whats that Smell?":D

[lorna-organic]

I'll be experimenting with several varieties of greens new to me this year, Blane. I bet greens are also good cooked in chicken stock. Have you done that?

[jeffinsgf]

Pork fat rules. It's more than just a catchy saying. :D

It's even better when you make your own bacon, using pork shoulder. It's still "pork fat" but there's less of it, more meat and more flavor.

It's pretty easy if you have a covered grill where you can control the heat to around 200º, a few chunks of hickory and this stuff. (http://shop.himtnjerky.com/online/product.php?productid=25&cat=252&page=1)

[cornishwoman]

I use up my leftover cooked cabbage or green tops with a little bit of whats ever left over from a roast or a cooked chicken,stuff that's in the bottom of the roast dish which is called drippings,then mix that with cooked cabbage or cooked green tops then mix in some cooked potatoes which have been mashed,make it into a large pancake shape,lightly oil a fry pan and cook it,around 15 minutes then flip and cook the other side for the same time,we call it bubble and squeak, that's the sound it makes while cooking,takes care of left overs a treat.

[pepperhead212]

My mom always cooked (actually, this might be something she still cooks! lol) kale with bacon, and the way she does it is to cook the bacon slowly, rendering the fat and criping the bacon up, then she drains it on a paper towel, and breaks it up into 1/4" or so pieces. Then she uses the bacon fat to cook some garlic, chopped sort of large, then adds the kale, and tosses it around a few min. Then she adds some water, covers and steams it just long enough to tenderize it - 8-10 min. Then she serves it with some of the crumbled bacon on top of each serving. Delicious, and the crisp bacon is totally different from the soft, long cooked versions, and the fat it is cooked in still gives the flavor to the entire dish.

[Maria Emile]

Hi Blanesgarden

Your recipe sounds great i would really like to try it by self i hope that it will taste great. I hope that you will provide us with the recipes like this specially in sweets and making ice creams i really love to eat them but don't know how to make them.


Once Again Thanks for your recipe.

[Blanesgarden]

Hi Blanesgarden

Your recipe sounds great i would really like to try it by self i hope that it will taste great. I hope that you will provide us with the recipes like this specially in sweets and making ice creams i really love to eat them but don't know how to make them.


Once Again Thanks for your recipe.

Well, sorry, but Im kinda learning in here too, as for sweets, I cant help ya.
However, the folks that just posted before you, surely can.
Welcome to Idig.

[tweed]

Welcome to idig, Maria Emile. :)
I'm like Blane on that one.
That being said, I have some recipes and started a frozen desssert thread.
Enjoy! :)

Steve