collard dip--Really good

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charley

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There are a couple of brands of canned collards on the market now that are really quite good. I think when I make this again I will add a bit more collards.

2 cups cooked, chopped, drained fresh collards

1/2 cup bacon cooked and chopped

1/2 cup caramelized onions

1 cup slow roasted tomatoes, chopped

1/2 cup blue cheese crumbles

1 Tablespoon Kosher salt

1/2 Tablespoon freshly ground black pepper

1 Tablespoon Texas Pete

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

8 oz softened cream cheese

1/2 cup good quality southern mayonnaise

1/4 cup sour cream

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees

Mix all ingredients together. Place in a baking dish.

Bake for 20 minutes or until bubbly. Serve with crackers, toast, chips or raw veggies. Great as a topping for baked potatoes. At Edible Piedmont we eat it with a spoon!

For more Carolina recipes, visit Edible Piedmont. ​

 
I'm in NC. It hasn't been too many years since the showed up. One brand name is

Margaret Holmes. There is another I can't call. When DD lived in Denver I had taken some out (it used to be hard to find ANY collards there--no more) and she went on a hunt to find more after I left. I think she found it in an ethnic market--latino/asian.
As I said, these are really quite good--a bit spicey. No hint of metallic taste that some greens get in the can--and give it a bad name.
The first time I found them I was shopping for T'giving dinner I was taking to a housefull of Katrina refugees . Bought a #10 can!!
We can also get #10 cans of boiled peanuts!!

 
Nota fan of collards, so can't comment on that. BUT, can comment on helping families impacted by

Katrina. That was very nice of you. What a lovely act of kindness.....

 
Thank you. Charlotte got quite a few "refugees" and this particular house had like

15 people. Did a full T'giving dinner which was NOT difficult. There were two young couples, newly graduated from Wake Forest Divinity School, who were hosting them. These 4 YOUNG people are still here with a ministry in that part of town--they now have children of their own and have had an incredible impact on lives in that area in safety, child care, education, advocacy, allowing homeless teenagers to live with them, setting up an entrepreneurial business of a coffee shop to teach, employ and to earn money-- and so much more--no strings attached--freely given. It is such a gift they bring and brought.
This is an old article--they have a new name.
Apologies for NFRC. Charlotte has gotten in a bad place the past two weeks--it is NOT who we are, so thanks for opening this door.

http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/January-2011/Welcome-to-the-Neighborhood/

 
Thoughts are with you and your community during this difficult time. Thanks for link, so much to

be proud of. I hope all will be restored soon. It has to be unsettling.

 
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