Southern Collard Greens
| Southern Collard Greens |
Recipe type: Side Dishes
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 30 mins
Ingredients
- 6 to 8 bunches fresh collard greens
- 1/2 pound salt pork or 1 pound thick cut bacon
- salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Wash collard greens really well. They are usually grown in sandy soil, so will be gritty.
- Trim the large stems off of greens.
- Tear the greens into large hunks.
- Cut the salt pork or bacon into small chunks.
- Put the salt pork or bacon pieces in a large pan and cook until tender. No need for any oil, the salt pork will give off enough.
- After the pork is tender or the bacon is slightly browned, add greens, sugar and enough water to cover.
- Cover pan and cook over medium heat until the greens are tender.
- Stirring occasionally.
- They will cook way down.
- Taste to see if more salt is needed.
Spiced Nuts
| Spiced Nuts |
Recipe type: Snacks
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 cups pecans
Instructions
- Boil sugar ,water and other ingredients EXCEPT NUTS to soft boil stage.
- Remove from heat and mix in nuts
- Stir until well coated and mixture thickens.
- Drop onto waxed paper and cool.
Notes
Any other type nuts may be substituted. I use pecans because I have 6 pecan trees in my yard.
Jalapeno Relish
| Jalapeno Relish |
Recipe type: Relishes /Tex Mex
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Total time: 15 mins
<strong>Summary: </strong><em>This is my own recipe. Now, if you are going to can this you have to know how. I am going to tell you. You can also just fix a smaller amount and put it in jars and in the fridge.</em>
Ingredients
- 1 pound jalapenos
- apple cider vinegar
- sugar
- pint jars
Instructions
- Chop jalapenos. Not a real fine chop, I use a food processor.
- Put the jalapenos into the pint jars. Pack them in very firmly .
- Put a pinch of sugar into each jar.
- Heat to boiling 1 cup of vinegar per 1 pint jar. If you have 4 jars full, heat 4 cups of vinegar.
- Pour vinegar over jalapenos.
- Seal jars.
Notes
If you are going to can them, you need to boil the flat lids in water for 3 minutes.
Seal jars immediately and set aside.
If you are going to just store in the refrigerator, just put the tops on jars and put in the refrigerator.
We eat this relish on just about everything. I love it on beans.