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Greens, Turnip, Boiled

Boiled turnip greens cooked in salted water until tender.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Greens, Turnip, Boiled

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil 1 gallon of water with 2 tablespoons of coarse sea salt, removing the scum as it forms.

  2. Wash the turnip greens in 3-4 waters, discarding decayed leaves.

Cook and serve

  1. Add the greens to the boiling water.

  2. Boil uncovered until tender, about 20 minutes.

  3. Drain well and serve.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Turnip greens
Provide the main body of the dish; cooking softens their fibrous leaves until tender.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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