Greens and Buttermilk Cornbread

This is a recipe to pass down to your youngins. An absolute must! I can't imagine not making a huge pot, as you can freeze some for later. The aroma of greens wafting through your house will draw folks from miles away. Close your windows please, and break out the holiday table cloth for this one! And remember FRESH ingredients always!

• 3 bunches mustard grns
• 3 bunches turnip grns
• 2 bunches collard grns
• 1 head cabbage
• 2 onions
• 2 bellpeppers
• 1 large SMOKED ham hock or 1pack SMOKED bacon or any smoked pork. must be smoked or cured
• 2 hot green chiles (optional, depending on level of hotness required)
• 2 medium turnips
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 jar jalapeno peppers including juice
  

Soak greens in warm salted water and wash the hell out of em, leave them soaking while prepping other ingredients. In large pot fill 3/4 w/water and add meat, boil to death, 3 to 4 hrs till tender, water should boil down to 1/4 amount in pot. Add chicken stock, diced bell pepper, onions and turnips. Add to pot cook on low flame with meat. After rinsing greens, cut up in bitesize pieces, cabbage as well, and put in pot w/stock and onions, peppers etc. It may seem like it's too much greens to fit, don't fret they quickly cook down, providing more room to put more in.

Add jar jalapenos (they are not as hot as you think) and be mindful of hot green chiles however(especially for the children). Cook on low heat until tender 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours.

Good luck!


Buttermilk Cornbread

My great grandma's recipe, but some of you will most likely break out the jiffy I understand.
Pre-heat oven 350

This cornbread is best when baked in cast iron skillet

• 2 cups yellow corn meal
• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsps baking powder
• 2 tsps baking soda
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tsps salt
• 1 cup or so of buttermilk (any milk will suffice, buttermilk is best!) the consistency should be similiar to jiffy a little thicker
• 1 tsp sunflower oil
• 1 tablespoon melted salted butter
  

Pour 2 tablespoons oil in skillet and coat with oil - be a bit generous with oil so bread won't stick.
Mix well with spoon and fold into skillet. Bake in pre-heated oven 30 min or so until golden brown (to check if done stick toothpick in middle of bread if comes out clean, it's done).

Now sit down
Say your grace
Close your eyes and
Feed your face

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Good luck
Good eating
Taka