South Ga Turnips
"Old recipe that my grandmother used when fresh turnips were ready. Use fresh small turnip leaves and 1 or 2 roots."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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8-10
ingredients
directions
- Wash/rinse leaves and roots carefully Checking for sand and bugs.
- Place leaves in collander to drain and set aside.
- Place water, salt, and meat in large boiler.
- Bring water to a boil.
- Add turnip leaves and roots.
- Cook for 120 minutes or longer until very tender.
- Serve hot in a bowl with a side of fresh baked cornbread.
- The green liquid is called pot liquor.
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Reviews
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This is exactly the way I cook greens, so when I saw it I had to give it 5 stars. To get all of that great flavor they have to slowly cook a long time. My personal preference for the meat is smoked ham, but the bacon is good too. I also loved the way the recipe is written, sounds like it came straight from your Grandmother (or mine :-)) Thanks for posting it.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Ken Nipper
Arabi, Georgia
I live in Southern Georgia and southern style recipes and seafood are my favorite. I have a garden that's about two hundred feet long and about 100 fee wide. I grow squash, watermelon, peppers, tomatoes, okra, eggplant, snap beans, and more during the summer and onions, potatoes, turnips, spinach and garden peas during the cooler months. My yard is full of pomegranate, fig, plum, and persimmon trees. The scuppernong and muscadines grow wild here and with a little help produce buckets full every fall.
