MA'S TURNIP GREENS

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Provided by MS. CINDY

Categories Greens

Time 40m

Yield 12 cups, 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

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1 bushel turnip greens
1/2 lb of old salt pork, bacon (FatBack)
1/2 cup bacon grease
2 red pepper pods, broken into
salt and black pepper
8 fluid ounces boiling water

Steps:

Wash the greens in cold water.
Chop Pork Bacon into 1/2" cubes.
In a large pot add your pork bacon and bacon grease. Cook until bacon starts to turn brown.
Add water into the pot with the pork bacon. Bring to a boil.
Add green into the pot. As the greens cook down add the red pepper pods, salt and black pepper.
Cook to your desire tenderness.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 328, Fat 35.7, SaturatedFat 13.4, Cholesterol 36.7, Sodium 424, Protein 1.4