Pictures from the Turnip Patch

[RobertBrown]

Here in the South, turnips are a revered Fall crop, and we eat the tops and roots cooked together, usually with some kind of pork, ham hocks or pork backbones/neckbones works best.

If you like eating the roots, you'll love eating the tops and roots together, the pork flavors the greens so there's not bitter taste and the "liquor" is phenomenal, eaten alone or ove rice.

I'm gettin real hungry........ Might have to cook up some greens and grits :thumbsup:

 

[herd]

Just had grits and salt-cured ham for supper.

 

[Briar Hill Brittanys]

Ham hocks or neck bones here, too. We had turkey this year for Christmas dinner, or the ham bone would've had a job. Won't be too awful long to start thinking about poke greens. :licking: I'm not so far north we don't eat soul food. What I didn't have a picture of is the turnip patch at home. That patch was the kitchen patch. The patch in the picture was for the deer. I think there's still a few over there that would cook up real good in some chicken stock..........MMMMM... MMM. Mark

 

[Kioti Tom]

I am not a fan of Turnips, root or greens. But!!!!, When the wife make many slits in a ham and stuffs it full of greens, Well, The greens flavor the ham and the ham flavors the greens and I will eat them till they are gone. To do it right, you have to boil the stuffed ham and let it sit in the pot of liquor over nite to get the perfect flavoring.

One year when we had a bunch of friends over for my son's 6th birthday, (many years ago) I was planning on having ham for lunches 2 or 3 days at work. Fat chance! The 15 lb ham was gone! they even ate up all the scraps.

:drool: Just writing about it makes me drool :drool: Only way I eat turnips...the tops. My brother's favorite recipe he makes is Turnip casserol (sp)

Better stop writing before I get the keyboard wet.

Tom

 

[herd]

That sounds like a very interesting and delicious recipe. Can you tell us more about it, what kind of greens and how does your wife "slit" the ham and boil it how long.