Re: [gardeners] Cooked Turnips!
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 02 Jan 1999 19:04:22 -0600
About the only cooked greens I like are chard and the various spinachs. I do
eat mustard greens in salad and enjoy them, just don't like them cooked. Of
course I haven't tried all the varieties of mustard greens. I don't eat much of
anything with fat on it anymore, my arteries are already clogged.
George
Myra Amler wrote:
> How about mustard greens, George? My grandmother always grew them in her
> garden. I loved the way she prepared them with bacon fat. Ahhhhhh! I can
> feel my arteries clogging just by thinking about them! It must not have
> hurt my Nana, she is still cooking collard greens and rapidly approaching
> 90. I hope to God I have her genes.
>
> As for turnips, I agree with you George, I don't like them cooked, just
> raw.
>
> Myra Amler
> amler@mindspring.com
> "Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?" Unknown
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Shirley [SMTP:gshirley@laol.net]
> Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 9:37 AM
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Cooked Turnips!
>
> I eat raw turnips, quite fond of them. Just don't care for cooked ones or
> the
> greens, nasty stuff. Yuchh! I don't eat grits either so guess I'm not a
> true
> southerner. <VBG>
>
> George