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Post by LotharsPeople on Mar 2, 2005 4:13:33 GMT -8
I guess we lucked out living in the Great White North. We have one local chain of stores that carries Collards, Mustard Greens, Turnip Greens, Argula and usually Dandilion Greens as well. All of them are in great condition, nice and crisp. We usually feed Lothar on the Collard greens and a daily portion of Mellisa Kaplan's Ig salad. We've found Lothar really goes nuts for the Collards (which I would not consider to be food for humans ) as well as the Dandilion greens. Sudbury has a large ethnic community of Italians and Ukranians, I would guess this is why the local stores stock these items.
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Post by Marie on Mar 2, 2005 5:12:09 GMT -8
Here in San Diego, I can find Collard, Mustard, Dandelion, and Turnip greens. I myself love cooked greens. I just boil them with some sort of pork meat.
Marie
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Post by Merlin on Mar 2, 2005 7:13:54 GMT -8
That is standard fare in the south, particularly among folks of African ancestry. I have a friend who is black who teases me about feeding Zok "soul food!" Calls her my "Soul Lizard"
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Post by Marie on Mar 2, 2005 8:10:18 GMT -8
Yes it is big in the south. My Dad was born an raised there but went into the Navy. That is how he got me. He adopted me in Taiwan when he was the Provost Marshall there (when we still had bases there). I went and stayed with him in Mississippi for a while and was introduced to southern greens--I have always liked spinach and swiss chard. My step mother always makes a big pot for me when I visit every year--I can't cook them as well as she can.
Marie
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Post by mar on Mar 2, 2005 9:33:50 GMT -8
That is standard fare in the south, particularly among folks of African ancestry. I have a friend who is black who teases me about feeding Zok "soul food!" Calls her my "Soul Lizard" Soul Lizard... I like it. Last spring when I was walking around the neighborhood where I was living and people asked what Bob ate he would be called something along those lines, but not so nice. If I were to call Bob that I don't think I would be walking out under my own power -- man am I glad I am out of that neighborhood, I never out rightly heard gun shots though. Covered with a sweet salad dressing and a typical ig diet is rather tasty, I like a little more carrot than I give Bob though.
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Post by SurvivorSteph on Mar 3, 2005 0:55:22 GMT -8
My ancestry is Portuguese, and we eat collards too... yummy boiled with salted cod, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, all tossed together with a oil/vinegar dressing!!! yummy.... better get mom to make me some!!!
We also have collard soup.
"Good eats!"
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Post by mar on Mar 3, 2005 23:34:15 GMT -8
boiled with salted cod, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, all tossed together with a oil/vinegar dressing!! "Good eats!" I have heard of this a few times now, any suggestions on recipies? I don't know how easily I can get to salted cod though, its Indiana so people hear "fish" and go running.
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Post by WillemsMom on Mar 4, 2005 6:26:14 GMT -8
Marie, that's a touching story about your father and you. You both must be very special. Thanks for posting it.
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Post by SurvivorSteph on Mar 6, 2005 21:33:02 GMT -8
Mark, I'll get the receipe from my mom and PM it to you this week. ;D
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Post by rocmills on May 30, 2005 10:50:16 GMT -8
Vegas must be a good place for an ig owner to live. All of local stores carry fresh dandelion, mustard, collard, and turnip greens - usually for only 58 cents a bunch - and, most of the time, the greens are all beautiful in condition. During the non-summer months, we also get lots and lots of dandelion, mustard, and alphalfa growing in our front and back yards. Having the right greens is never a problem around here!
--Roc
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Post by anthony on Jan 12, 2006 6:33:52 GMT -8
Nanshe, I feel your pain! When I first read your post, I checked the name to make sure I didn't post it myself. I'm in the exact same situation! I can find turnips, but the greens are always cut off.
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Post by Marie on Jan 12, 2006 12:37:56 GMT -8
Do you know if they get to your grocer with the tops cut off or if they toss them themselves? Might e worth asking.
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Post by anthony on Jan 12, 2006 20:12:17 GMT -8
Marie, thanks for the suggestion. I don't know. We buy from the supermarket. I've been known to be an "aggressive male" (yes, me, not my ig). So I will ask. In Hong Kong many people are culturally rude, but being an assertive, aggressive male, I am ready for another shouting match if it gets ugly ... over turnip greens!
Heck, I had 100 shouting matches because of the ig. Firstly against the plywood shop because they were rude, then the lighting fixture shops, then against my neighbours because I was building the enclosure and banging nails, then against the security people whom the neighbours complained to about the noise... I won them all! For the latter, I took out the law book and showed them I had every single right to bang as many nails as I wanted on weekdays from 7 am to 7 pm. haha its such a pity that we have a culture that when you go ask for something as simple as turnip greens, I have to get my adrenalin up and get into fighting stance just in case. Maybe that's why we don't have any skydiving enthusiasts here, not enough adrenaline to go around! LOL!
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