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lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Joy of Cooking

Ohfour · Hooker

lilyofcourse wrote:
I made a big spiral ham, roasted red potatoes, squash casserole, and collard greens. Crescent rolls, too.

Come cook for me, PLEASE!!!!!!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Ohfour wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
I made a big spiral ham, roasted red potatoes, squash casserole, and collard greens. Crescent rolls, too.

Come cook for me, PLEASE!!!!!!

I do more telling others what and how now.

But I'd love to cook for you.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

FNW · Guru

That looks good!

I made stuffed pork cops. They were good but we couldn't finish them. The pork chops were huge from BJ's.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Lily it looks good!

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

That looks awesome Lilly! I have never made collard greens. How do you make them?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
That looks awesome Lilly! I have never made collard greens. How do you make them?

Well. You buy about a pound per person, it's going to cook down to about a cup per person.

Fill your sink or wash tub with water, put your greens in and let them sit about an hour, be sure to agitate them every ten minutes or so.

After an hour, take them out, clean your sink, and do all that again. You do this until all the dirt, sand, and bugs are washed off.

Once your greens are clean, lay them out on the table, counter, any where, so they can dry.

After they dry, and yes, you can pay them dry, it's time to pull the stem. You might want to wear gloves, cause these suckers can have tiny hairs that will make your hands itchy and red and maybe swell. You take the stem in one hand, and pull the leaves off with the other. Discard those stems, they ain't good for nothing.

In a large cast iron dutch oven, put a good glob of bacon grease, while that is melting, dice half an onion, put that in the pot, add 2 cloves minced/mashed garlic, and red pepper flakes. While this is cooking, chop the greens. Once the onions are translucent, add the greens a handful at a time. Letting it wilt down. Add all the greens, stirring well each time.

After you have all the greens in, and wilted down, add about a cup of chicken stock or broth. More if it doesn't cover the greens.

Let this simmer a good 4-6 hours, adding stock as you need it. It should cook down, but you need the liquid.

When the greens have reached the desired tenderness, you can season with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, add bacon if you like.

That's how my granny taught me.

And then she said, "or you can get your favorite can of greens at the store, and not spend all day making greens.

I'd say 99% of the things she made was 100% made from scratch, but she hated making greens.

-- Edited by lilyofcourse on Thursday 4th of June 2020 09:58:09 PM

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Sounds delish! Thanks for the recipe!

I actually made my own spaghetti sauce. A friend gave me her family recipe. I mean it was a huge amount so I halved it and wound up with multiple quart jars of sauce that I then put in the freezer. Took me hours to make! It's really good, but I still like Prego! lol

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

OK. Here's a first for me.

What do you do with white
Patty Pan aka flying saucer
squash?

A neighbor gave us six
squash, but I've never
eaten them, so I don't
know how they are
supposed to taste.

Any recommendations
would be welcome.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Momala wrote:

OK. Here's a first for me.

What do you do with white
Patty Pan aka flying saucer
squash?

A neighbor gave us six
squash, but I've never
eaten them, so I don't
know how they are
supposed to taste.

Any recommendations
would be welcome.

You can cook them just like yellow squash.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Just got through canning 12 jars
of yellow squash bread & butter
pickles. I'll do regular cucumber
B&B pickles as soon as DH brings
me some produce.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

My cinnamon rolls. The raisins were a special request.

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Lindley · Guru

Looks great njn

Domestic Engineer · Guru

I just gained 10 pounds looking at the picture. Yum!

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

I got a whole 6 strawberries off my plant today. A treasure trove! lol

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Strawberries are a sleeper. Keep tending to them, you'll get more next year.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Tignanello wrote:
I got a whole 6 strawberries off my plant today. A treasure trove! lol

I have never grown them so that sounds like a good start and far better than I could do! I do not have a green thumb!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Beefy noodle casserole.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

www.facebook.com/cookingwithbrendagantt/videos/3276976592322334/

I thought y'all might like to watch this woman. She's a country cook, and everything is simple, but typical of the foods I grew up with.

And she reminds me a lot of my granny.

Good recipes, and fun to watch.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

I will check that out! I like watching cooking videos

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
I will check that out! I like watching cooking videos

She has a lot on her site.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

Too. Hot. To. Cook.

Lady Gaga Snerd · Guru

Yup!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I haven't cooked more than an egg in weeks. My knees won't let me. Mom and the kids have been having to do it all.

Dad makes breakfast on the weekends.

I would love some simple chicken noodle soup, but I don't have the egg noodles. May have to settle for some Raman.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

www.facebook.com/71158748377/posts/10160044414793378/

This looks soooo yummy!

Someone make it for me?

TrudyML · Guru

Momala wrote:

Just got through canning 12 jars
of yellow squash bread & butter
pickles. I'll do regular cucumber
B&B pickles as soon as DH brings
me some produce.

GG loves pickles!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Making taco soup and cornbread. It's hot, I know, I'd love a fresh, crisp salad, but I can't eat it yet.

And I'm so tired of bland foods.

Forever Sunshine · Guru

I'm not sure if I'm going to cook today. I may just snack all day! It's too hot to do anything.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

This looks really good, and easy, for the upcoming holidays.

https://www.facebook.com/natashaskitchen/videos/550075248886658/

Lindley · Guru

Made some caprese chicken and homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

That sounds good!

I made a big pot of beans. Really hit the spot.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Chicken & couscous soup from
a friend, with grilled cheese
sandwiches. I've got the best
friends, who show up with
unexpected treats, especially
when I'm having a hard day.

Just got through putting up 30
pounds of fresh tomatoes. I quarter
them, and remove as many seeds
as possible, then chunk them up,
and seal them in quart baggies in the
freezer, to use Nov - March. Some of
them I added spaghetti seasonings -
they'll taste fabulous next year.

FNW · Guru

I'm still waiting for my cucumbers and zucchini to produce fruit. I got one zucchini. Out of 20 plants, that's not a lot. I look and all the flowers look like males. Figures. I've only been able to produce males.