DO Y'all like turnip greens.

@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
United States
October 5, 2010 4:52am CST
I went to the farmer's market yesterday & like a fool bought a big bag of turnip greens. Every time i do that i think what an idiot i am because they are soooo much trouble to fix. I think they are more trouble than they are worth. I put most of them in the freezer & am sure i will enjoy them this winter. Do y'all like them? Is there anyone who has never had them? Most everyone around here really goes for them.
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@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
6 Oct 10
Yes, I like turnip greens. In fact, I like about any type of greens except collard greens. The only reason I can think of as to why I don't like collards is that to me they taste like very strong cabbage. Now, I am fond of cabbage, when it is cooked properly. Collards remind me of the cabbage my grandmother cooked until it turned red. here is one other type of greens that I don't like and that is polk. It is tolerable when very, very young, but I got fed too much of it when I was a child. My mother would can it, and the older it got, the stronger it got.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Oct 10
Hi Bellis, thanks for respoding. I have eaten greens w/pold mixed in them & they were o.k. but didn't care enough to fix them that way. Polk is more trouble for sure &it's not worth it to me to fool w/it. My ex liksed it cooked w/scrambled eggs. Yuck, nastiest looking stuff i ever saw. He wasn't quite bright anyway.. I love cabbage to but don't want it cooked till it turns red, that's another yuck, lol. I'm just full of yucks today.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
5 Oct 10
We usually fixed them along with mustard greens. Boil then fry. turned out pretty good but as I am the only one here that likes them dont buy them. we have to get them out of the grocery store
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
6 Oct 10
yup that the way I was taught to do poke salad
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Oct 10
Good morning Joan, i really like mustard greens the best but they haven't had any at the market. I just boil mine, never heard of doing both. that's interesting to know. I really think they are more trouble than they are worth. Thanks for responding.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Oct 10
So did my grandmother but i don't like them but once or twice a year. That's about all i want when i have besides corn bread & boiled eggs of course. I don't put onions in mine but like to eat onion w/them. My ex use to like polk salad in scrambled eggs, yuck!
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
6 Oct 10
I've never had them sweetie so I don't have a clue to the trouble they're to make. They must be good for you to have bought them.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Oct 10
Hi Cat, Thanks for responding. I'm never sure they are worth the trouble it takes to fix them, lol.
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@gjax57 (897)
• United States
5 Oct 10
Hi lady, well I myself have never tred them. But my dad use to grow them and eat them lke peanuts....he was from North Carolina and loved all that good stuff!!
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Oct 10
Good morning, thanks for responding. Some people say they could eat them every day but i'm not crazy about them like that. That's why i question myself after i buy them . They are so much trouble to fix. duh!
• United States
7 Oct 10
i don't like them at all but i guess i would want them cooked
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
7 Oct 10
tHANKS FOR RESPONDING. We all have our likes & dislikes for sure.
• United States
6 Oct 10
Sure I like em'. So long as their prepared right and seasoned right. Its not too time consuming to prepare them,for me, once all the chopping is done, put into a pressure cooker for a bit and make it super tender. Plus, throw in some slices of bacon, onion, chicken stock, pepper, touch of sugar, touch of garlic, its pretty good. But turnip greens are defiantly an acquired taste. Most people are not used to the bitterness but take em' to a good meat and three and have them eat the greens you have a convert. If they do like it, the better for them. Its healthy for you and "pot l*quor" (the soup) has some attributed health benefits but I've never investigated. Grandma just told me to drink it so I did.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Oct 10
Getting them ready to cook is what takes all the time. I'm very picky w/my greens, i stem them first because i don't like all the stems, then i saok them in salt water for awhile, then wash them through 3 waters. I don't use a pressure cooker eve, i don't chop mine & i don't put anything in them but fried meat grease, salt ,pepper & a little sugar. U don't have to explain to me what pot l*quor is i'm a TENNESSEE hillbilly. Thanks for responding. Welcome to mylot.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
7 Oct 10
• United States
7 Oct 10
Of course, I meant no disrespect, just some healthy information for the Northern folks :)
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
12 Oct 10
I've had them, but only in restaurants, not something I'd fix myself.
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@ElicBxn (63252)
• United States
12 Oct 10
those turnip and mustard greens all taste like spinach to me anyway
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
12 Oct 10
Thanks for responding, Elic. They are more trouble than they are worth, lol.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
13 Oct 10
I don't think so at all. I do not like cooked spinach.
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@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Oct 10
Never had them. Why are they so much trouble to fix?
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
13 Oct 10
One reason is because i'm picky & don't want any bugs, worms or whatever left on them. I also don't like the stems so i go through them leaf by leaf & remove the stems & the 'varmits' if i see any. I then soak them in salt water for awhile, then wash them 3 more times. Thanks for responding.
@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
8 Oct 10
I lived on my maternal grandparent's farm as a kid, & loved every green we grew--including the wild poke salad, which I've not had for 40 years! Shoot. now I'm hungry. Maggiepie To Do List: Pray. Vote. Buy More Ammo. ~ (bumper sticker)
@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
9 Oct 10
Yep yep yep! Have a good'n yerself, Auntie! Maggiepie To Do List: Pray. Vote. Buy More Ammo. ~ (bumper sticker)
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
11 Oct 10
Thanks maggie, had a pretty good weekend. hope u did to.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
8 Oct 10
Good morning Maggie, thanks for your response. I hope u found something good to eat, lol. Happy weekend to u.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
5 Oct 10
love them. but you are not going to believe this. ive never made them myself. a while back son bought some and we forgot all about them. they went to waste since i didnt even know he had gotten them. i thought it was just another package of his greens that he eats raw by hiself. that was my chance to try cooking them but the other day he said...oooppss. my greens went bad. turnup greens. i used to eat them when other family made them.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Oct 10
They are such a pain to get ready to cook is the problem.U could have eaten supper w/me last night. Made cornbread, boiled some eggs & cooked some dried peas. NOTHING FANCY JUST GOOD OL' tENNESSEE HOMECOOKING.
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
11 Oct 10
Oh yes most certainly! Turnip greens, mustard, collards............ yummy for the tummy! They are rather tedious to wash and rewash and rinse and wash again. I wish we had some right now. I would make some for supper this evening. It is great to have some bagged up in the freezer to just pull out and cook with a meal! They are also packed with iron. Good and good for you! Enjoy those greens!
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
11 Oct 10
gOOD MORNING & THANKS FOR RESPONDING. They have really had some pretty greens at the farmer's market. U are right they are a pain in the butte to fix, lol. Happy monday to u.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
5 Oct 10
I remember my mother cooking greens for dinner - almost on a daily basis, She would wash them and then melt some butter in a saucepan and then just shake the water off the greens and add salt and pepper. Oh and she would add a little onion and then steam the greens in the butter until just cooked but not overcooked. They were delicious,. I am not sure how you would freeze them? Blessings
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Oct 10
Hi cynthi, tried to answer your discussion twice last night & it wouldn't go through, GRRRRRRR, I get so tired of that happening. I cook my greens till they are done just like i was going to eat them right then & i put them in the freezer. I don't know why u couldn't do that w/the way your mom fixed them. Hope u are having a good day. Thanks for responding. HUGS.
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
6 Oct 10
I love fresh turnip greens! I haven't had any in a long time, though! I'm sure they are a lot of trouble to fix but think about how good they're going to be once you fix them!
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
6 Oct 10
Hi Kathy, thanks for responding. U got that right they are a pain in the tail to fix. I'm never quite sure they are worth all that trouble, lol.
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@epicure35 (2814)
• United States
8 Oct 10
I have never had turnip greens. All greens are considered very healthy. I like spinach and chard, especially, and I make beet greens. My daughter buys a bag of mixed greens in the supermarket. I think it includes kale, mustard, and collard greens, in addition to chard and spinach. I don't know if it includes turnip greens.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
8 Oct 10
Good morning & thanks for responding. I'm like u i think they are healthy for u. I'm a big veggie eater. Happy weekend to u.
• United States
5 Oct 10
May be when I was a kid, my mother use to fix a lot of 'weird' foods. I remember every spring she would dig dandeloin greens. I was going through OLD church records and read where the Womens Missionary Society Group in our church had SOLD the dandeloin greens for a money earning project. Nothing that I eat now. I barely eat the other vegetables.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Oct 10
Wierd, huh, lol. Thanks for responding . U gave me a chuckle w/the wierd. I love veggies, that's what makes me so pretty.. Wish that was true, lol. Have a good one.
@AmbiePam (85822)
• United States
5 Oct 10
Okay, I admit it! I have never had turnip greens, to my knowledge. I say to my knowledge because it is always possible I was fed them when I was a child, and don't remember it. What do they taste like? Why are they hard to fix? I can picture what they look like in my mind, but I don't know how to prepare them.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Oct 10
Good morning ambie, that's o.k. if u have never eaten them, lol. Getting them ready to cook is the hard part. I go through each leaf & stem them & look for varmints[ bugs, worms etc.By then i'm saying to myself what the hell did u buy these things for. Then i saok them in salt water for awhile in case i didn't get the varmints, lol.I then run them through 3 more waters. Cooking them is a piece of cake after all that.Ireally can't describe what they taste like. I like to eat them w/cornbread & boiled eggs. Thanks for responding.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
5 Oct 10
I don't even know what they are or how to fix them....I would love to find out! I made squash last night...that can be kind of a pain too...but it was so good!
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Oct 10
hI jILL, tHANKS FOR RESPONDING. gETTING GREENS READY TO COOK ARE A PAIN IN THE BUTTE!!,hAVE U HEARD OF COLLARD GREENS OR SEEN THEM AT THE GROCERY. tHEY ALSO HAVE TURNIP GREENS HERE AT THE GROCERY sometimes. I love squash to. I like most every veggie but brussels sprouts. If u find some greens pm me & i'll be glad to tell u how to fix them. Have a good night.
@gdesjardin (1918)
• United States
5 Oct 10
hummmmmmmmmmm....well, no. I actually don't like them at all. Only once have I had them that were seasoned right. You aren't kidding, they do take a lot of work to fix, if they aren't seasoned right they taste terrible. Even the one time I had them seasoned right I don't think I will ever eat them again, they are so bitter to me.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Oct 10
HOWDEEEEEE, tHANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE. I thought there would be alot of people that didn't like them, lol. They can be bitter if the frost has gotten on them. I like to get them early before it does frost on the, I don't like the bitter tasting ones either. That's when some people really like them. heck, i don't even 'really' like them.lol