My friend invited me over his house for the holidays. We had colored greens, he said it was soul food. It tasted just like spinach. Anyone know the difference?
My friend invited me over his house for the holidays. We had colored greens, he said it was soul food. It tasted just like spinach. Anyone know the difference?
soul mann wrote:
My friend invited me over his house for the holidays. We had colored greens, he said it was soul food. It tasted just like spinach. Anyone know the difference?
Shut up, that isn't even funny.
These are called collard greens and they aren't the same thing as spinach, although they have similar very healthful benefits, as long as they aren't drenched in fat. If you cook them yourself, try a cookinglight.com receipt for sauted collard greens and onions. Most likely if you had the "soul food" version, you had lots of saturated fat added into the recipe, which isn't good for you. The light version tastes just as good; we just had some on New Year's Day--spin off from southern traditional food during my childhood turned light and healthy as an adult.
colored greens?
Collard greens. Grow well in the south east of US, hence the soul food connection. Way more similar to the other cooking greens, like kale and chard, than to spinach (which can be cooked, but is just as palatable raw).