In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2009-04-04, Omelet > wrote:
>
> > How do you prepare them and do they come out tender?
>
> Cook for 2-3 hours! No kidding. This is a given for soul food cooks.
> Anything less and it's like chewing old rags. Dang! I was looking for a
> recipe and came across... me! I'm immortalized!

<laughs>

>
> http://tinyurl.com/cefg7h
>
> I looked for the orginal interview (NPR?), but found only this:
>
> "This is how we do it in Laurel, Mississippi. You have to examine each leaf
> personally, after you've washed it. You must take the yellow part out, and
> you must tear every bit of green leaf off the stalk, in pieces as big as
> postage stamps. It takes time, but this is how you have to do it. There are
> as many different ways to cook greens as there are to sing soprano roles."
>
> nb

Hm. Maybe I should just try the canned some time. <g>
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