Turnip Greens

Don't get so excited, everybody

Did I mess it up already? My brother messed it up. You look like you know what you're talking about

Boom. Your sweater is ugly

In a good way. My sweater is ugly in a bad way. Your sweater, that's a woman's sweater

At least I'm wearing man's clothes. I don't think that's a man's sweater

Yes, it is. The Savannah Phil Armada Choir, everybody. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way

Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. Ho, ho, ho

What an inopportune time to quit singing. You know what that makes me want

What? Turnip greens. We do greens on New Year's Day. There's some things that you do traditionally

around this time of year and in the South. We like to make sure that we eat black-eyed peas for luck

and turnip greens for money on New Year's Day. So since it's that time of year

I figure we do turnip greens. I'm partial to collard greens. Turnips are a little bit more bitter, though

which is kind of good for some families at this time of year. But you know what really makes them good

a pigtail. That's a pigtail, y'all. When you do greens in the south

you use some sort of pork to season it with You could use ham hocks If you wanted to do lighter you could use a turkey bacon or something like that but a pigtail really fits the bill for turnip greens

The great thing about turnip greens is that they are a perfect side

for any of your holiday dishes that you're making. At Christmas time, we like to do turkeys

and ham and candied yams. Sort of in the South, Thanksgiving and Christmas

are the same thing, only with Christmas you get gifts. But the food is the same

And turnip greens are a perfect side to all those traditional southern dishes

Now, my brother, for once, is chopping the onion. It's not me. I can't believe it

So I've got half a stick of butter, and I probably have two tablespoons of bacon grease down in here

You ready for the onion? Yep, if you want to throw those onions down in there, Bob. One has to ask why you even need a turnip green

if you've got that much good flavor going with the butter, right? And the pig fat

That's a very good question, Gordon. Because you've got to get your vitamins from somewhere. Right

and the pot liquor, y'all, the liquid that cooks off of the turnips

or the collards or whatever greens you're using with the pork is perfect for dunking cornbread in

I love cornbread dipped in pot liquor. So we gotta stem the greens

There's nothing worse than a pot full of... Mama would really be upset with you about this

May we have, please, some collard green stemming music. Tashing through the snow

In a one-horse open sleigh For the fields we go laughing all the way

Ha ha ha ha! Let some cocktails ring. Making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight Oh jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way

Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

Very nice! Savannah Philharmonic choir. So we've sweated our onions down

We're gonna add our pigtail in here. cover. Look, we'll do, this is

really a natural swap for us. We're gonna cover this. Okay, this

will cook down for about 30 minutes. You want to cut your leaves

just into kind of rustic sizes and shapes, you know what I mean? You're not looking for super

fine, just like this would be good. So, make sure that you wash your greens because these grow

real close to the ground and they're, and since they come in bunches, they do. They don't, they don't

grow in the trees or in the air. Like they used to. They don't grow in clouds

So, we're gonna add these into our pot and these are gonna cook down into Nothing

But we're going to add two cups of water to these, and we're going to slow cook them

Bobby, how long are we going to cook these? Till tomorrow. We've got our grease

We've got butter. We've got a pigtail. How about some seasoning? Yeah. Well, this would be a perfect side dish

to take to the ugly Christmas sweater party. And if they're not good

then you just distract everybody with your sweater. These tariff greens aren't good

Look at my sweater. Oh, Jamie, by the way, Loretta Lynn called

She wants her Christmas sweater back. OK y so after these cook down I got another swap Golly I have smelled these my whole entire life It didn make very much turnip greens

So you see when I told you these are going to cook down to not very much, I wasn't kidding

These, they don't render a whole lot. That's why we use a pot this big at the restaurant, because it cooks down to almost nothing

But it's a perfect serving for you and I, Bob. You want to try some, Bob? Sure I do

We need some cornbread dumplings. Oh, Mama used to do drop cornbread dumplings down in this pot liquor

That is so good. And they're so good for you, by the way

This is super hot. This is full of iron and... Super hot. You look like you know what you're talking about

They grow real close to the earth. They do. Don't they? They do. So you might want to wash them

It's so hot. These are really, really hot. Are they really good

Is it really good? They're really hot. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm. Mmm

I'm sorry, y'all. It's really hot. But very good. But bacon grease, pigtail

This is a perfect side dish, and if we had a little piece of cornbread, that's the only thing that could make it better

So have some fun with your family this holiday season. Y'all get you a pigtail

Who'd have thought that? Get you some turnip greens. Let's eat. I like the dinner

They really are good. Thank you