eileen
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Mmmm now that's a really hard one.  I'd hazard a guess that it might, just might, be collards - am I right? 
They would taste great with ham.
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Canadian Chelsea
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I have to admit I have never had collards before. Is it a southern thing?
They look pretty tasty in your pictures, Pepperdude. Sure wish you lived closer to me so I could try them.
Do you cook them up like spinach or eat them raw as in a salad?
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Penny
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Hmmmm, i have heard others mention collards, infact a friend in North Caroline eats them alot, but i have never tried them either......i do think its a southern thing.
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daisybeans
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Oooh, aren't they pretty leaves. Yum, Yum.
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gardenmom
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject: Collards |
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These are lovely! I just recently fell it love with collards, especially with bacon and onions- yum! I am growing some this year for the first time.
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gardenmom
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject: Perennial collards |
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Probably a dumb question, but since I've never grown any, are all collards perennial, and if so, in which zones. I know that some of them are.
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glendann
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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You cook collards like spinich.I use salt jowl or bacon or ham hock to boil them with.They may be a southern thing but almost everyone that eats them loves them.If you like greens you will love collards.Nothing better than collard greens and corn bread.
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Pricklypear
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:36 am Post subject: |
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You've sure some pretty collards.
We're eating them here in Southern Arizona too. I had not eaten them for many years since we left Virginia. I decided to grow some and they sure are good.
They are prolific plants. I've got all I can eat and give away. I'm going to freeze six containers worth just to show myself that I can. But they're so easy to grow here that I probably don't need to.
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kuntrygal
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| Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Richard, that's what I call a big 'mess'. Boy will they be good with cornbread and sweet tea!!!
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ntjones
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I have never heard of collards, but they look a lot like chard to me does anyone know if they are the same thing?
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PepperDude
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| ntjones wrote: | | I have never heard of collards, but they look a lot like chard to me does anyone know if they are the same thing? |
Nope, they are a member of the brassica family like kale, brussel sprouts and such where as chard is a member of the Amaranthaceae family like beets. And i have never tried chard so this year i figured why not, so i planted some and cant wait to try it.
Rainbow Chard ( photo / image / picture from PepperDude's Garden )
They are the Rainbow chard variety, they are the tiny colored greens right this side of the pipe,and yes i plant flowers in my veggie garden, there are marigolds and in the top left them are my favorite flower Zinnias.
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| PepperDude wrote: | | ntjones wrote: | | I have never heard of collards, but they look a lot like chard to me does anyone know if they are the same thing? |
Nope, they are a member of the brassica family like kale, brussel sprouts and such where as chard is a member of the Amaranthaceae family like beets. And i have never tried chard so this year i figured why not, so i planted some and cant wait to try it.
Rainbow Chard ( photo / image / picture from PepperDude's Garden )
They are the Rainbow chard variety, they are the tiny colored greens right this side of the pipe,and yes i plant flowers in my veggie garden, there are marigolds and in the top left them are my favorite flower Zinnias. |
Hi pepperdude, thanks for the replay.
A Lot of people say to just boil the chard, but I think that it loses alit of its flavour when you do this, I think the best way to prepare it would be to sauté it off with a little butter and garlic much the same as spinach, well thanks again.
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ntjones
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Nope, they are a member of the brassica family like kale, brussel sprouts and such where as chard is a member of the Amaranthaceae family like beets. And i have never tried chard so this year i figured why not, so i planted some and cant wait to try it.
Hi pepperdude, thanks for the replay.
A Lot of people say to just boil the chard, but I think that it loses alit of its flavour when you do this, I think the best way to prepare it would be to sauté it off with a little butter and garlic much the same as spinach, well thanks again.[/quote]
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Gardenmom, they are not perennial that I know of. You don't pull the whole plant to harvest, just the outer leaves and it will keep producing until the heat gets them.
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