Organic Collard Greens (Hygge)

[chuckindc]

you talk too much

[tracelight24]

Some of your other vids are pretty interesting and have good points, but you do know that genetically engineered foods have saved many, many people. Have you heard of Norman Borlaug?

[neenalove]

wow! i didn't know you could eat collards raw. that is a great source of calcium. thanks for the tips!

[thekassandracomplex]

Here in Greece, there's still dirt on the greens in the supermarket (at least for now). Parsley's also good raw, but being a bit tough (like collard greens and cabbage) they soften up nicely when you make the salad first (with lemon and salt) and let it sit for a few hours.

[proteanview]

thekassandracomplex

Sounds good. I never use parsley.

[newport620]

Oh please stop talking about nothing you big queen and cook. And do not cut out the white stems. Just wash, chop and steam the whole leaves.

[Modacolorist]

"those are bugs." arent they cute? Lets kill them lol ha ha ha ha

[flitcraft]

Not all Canadians are deprived. I am Canadian and eat organic collard, mustard, and turnip greens in season. And I am not even black.

[Meredithblue]

I bet u eat p**sy too.

[flitcraft]

Of course I eat pussy. Organic only, however.

[chri8067]

Free range, lol.

[seinfeildsucks]

You mean you can't tell he's gay?

[Meredithblue]

r yu his man?

[scflyer55]

"aren't those adorable?"

LOL

[macnutz]

Its hard to find collards in Canada. No turnip greens at all. I think they compost the turnip greens up here.  Strange it is.

Collards and turnip greens, two of the few things I miss from the deep south.

[cri8tor]

GMO's are being spread surreptitiously all over the world. GMO's are also being spread by accident from farm to farm through pollen and seeds that have been cast by small animals.

[Charlandjl]

did you say "enough of ed's organic cooking" ? is your name is ed?

[proteanview]

Charlandjl

Yep, name's Ed.

Cool locks.

[Charlandjl]

Awesome, you replied! I love all your videos! I wish there were more people like you man! and I noticed you have some locks started as well, hope you enjoy your journey.I am similiar to you in our views of many things. You are great with reason. Your videos make people realize alot of things. Keep up the great reasoning Proteanview!

~One

[sharpie443]

I like Collard Greens. : P

[marisabellas]

great

[kellerbier2]

you sound like you really like your white bottoms! ;)

[vierra01]

lol! i noticed that too, i aint mad at cha pro! :)

[aurykl]

i LOVE greens. Not just cooked either. breakfast for me is some protein powder, 2 oranges, 1 banana, some collard greens, some flax oil, a little "you're my everything" and some water. In a blender. Bang there's breakfast.

Love your channel, keep doing!

[icepickmeetstemple]

I love greens. Sometimes you just need them, they're like a vitamin shot. My favorite way to cook them is wilt them together with a chopped onion cooked then crumble in bacon plus a pinch of red pepper flakes.

There is a store here which sells dandelion greens in season. They are wonderful, but I always feel a bit silly buying them. After all they're dandelions. They grow everywhere! I'm just not brave enough to pick them myself because I worry someone might have sprayed poison on them.

[mrhippothethird]

how do you make preparing Collard Greens interesting? love the vids

[becausehimbad]

I have always wanted to know what "collard greens" are.

Thanks.

[Ermengarde11]

They're delicious, and full of good stuff. They are a staple here in the South! Just ate some myself!

[clayp72]

As a kid I would've have touched greens with a 10ft. pole but now I could eat them by the bucket!

[carbonbasedboy]

I started putting those in smoothies...nice color

[LeoHareMusic]

Dude, take roughly half collards and half spinach, clean them like you are and set them aside. Put a little olive oil in a wok on high (or a skillet on medium high) and put a pinch or two of mustard seeds and let them pop, then start adding your greens a little at a time, also adding chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt to taste. Cook without a lid, this is important. When all your greens are wilted, splash a little lemon juice on it and serve. Hope you like. Greens rock!

[proteanview]

LeoHareMusic

Man, that sounds good. You know I'm going to make it.

[chefmarcgirard]

Do you cook then in pork fat? It adds so much flavor at the expense of your health, but who cares anyway, right?

[proteanview]

chefmarcgirard

I've had them that way... and they *do* taste good.

[emeralds222]

I enjoy your relaxed matter. I've never had collard greens. Our family loves swiss chard which we eat boiled with vinegar......some should be sprouting in our garden within a week !

[proteanview]

emeralds222

Swiss chard I've had... boiled w/ vinegar? That's next on my list.

[Ermengarde11]

I almost bought swiss chard seeds yesterday, but haen't eaten them so I wasn't sure. They are green and leafy (well reddish too), which means they have to be good for you. Sounds a bit like how some folks use vinegar with cabbage - yum! Does it taste like cabbage or? You gotta try collards, couldn't live without 'em!

[emeralds222]

You must buy the seeds and plant them now, You will love them... kind of between spinach and lettuce and they come in red, yellow, orange YUM

[tonzimala]

"Whole stalk in my mouth" lol

[tonzimala]

"Nice white bottoms" lol

[humanityfirstnow]

This is a great video. I grow my own veg 600m2 of it so I appreciate your appreciation of good organic food

[YGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYG10]

Hi, Proteanview! If you tear those stems before they are weighed in the super market, you'd save lots of money!

( :

I also love organic foods, but have to travel 40 minutes to get to an organic food store, unfortunately. So I buy a lot of frozen veggies. I wish I knew how to freeze fresh ones. Do you just stick them in the freezer in a plastic bag? Duh?

I love your videos! You are awesome, dude!

[proteanview]

YG10

I always rip the stalk from my beets, but I never thought of doing so w/ my greens. I can't imagine why we couldn't freeze fresh ourselves. I got two pieces of good info out of you. ;)

[TjoelleBoef]

Do you know what the word "Hygge" means?? You must be scandinavian if you do :) ?

[proteanview]

TjoelleBoef

Yes, I know what hygge means.

I lived in Østerbro for half of a year.

[obesejim]

rofl. its danish for eating pussy or something!?

[TjoelleBoef]

No dude :-D lol!

it's nothing sexual

[alvarbilly]

Hi, finely grated carrots with lemon juice and a touch of sweetener (brown sugar, maple syrup) is like dessert salad, add yogurt or sour cream, simply divine. Tried responding to friend request (thank you, btw), no go, maybe 'cause i'm on a cell phone, don't know, doesn't seem to be any way to contact other users, much as i'd like to. How did you find me? All the best, alvarbilly

[proteanview]

alvarbilly

Now that's a recipe I've never tried... but I will. I should try it out over the holidays.

[jdbauer36]

Ahh OK so I made this savoy cabbage dish. Another bitter green. Olive oil in a pan. Squeeze lemon juice and pinch salt over the greens and shake in a bowl. Sauté garlic in a pan with chopped tomatoes. Then put leaves over what's in the pan. Another splash of oil and lemon juice, salt, pepper and stir around the pan until just soft. I like these greens firm and not over-cooked. Nutricious AND delicious.

[proteanview]

jdbauer

Now, that's info I can use.

I'm loving it.

Going to have to give it a try.

Thanks for the input.

[jdbauer36]

The tone of the video is totally "hyggeligt". I'm not sure how many Danes would be up at 7:30 making collard greens though, but they might be consuming copious amounts of bread and marmalade.:)

[ksmith1x1]

Do you have any suggestions for finding TRUELY PURE bottled water? The tap stuff is full of parasites and now so is some bottled products.

[ksmith1x1]

I have noticed something resembling egg sacs on collard greens organic and store bought. Am I being paranoid?

[proteanview]

ksmith

Might be the bottoms to turnip greens. See the attached video.

[jojo808]

rode my bike down to the local Farmer market.. WAY too costly here in upper-class hoods. Asked another customer how much the tomatoes were he was buyin ,he's like "I don't know" total aloof disdain.lol I notice they are actually selling Blackberries for like 6 bucks for a tiny tray! Maybe the people buy them missed the glaring fact that the place was surrounded by fat blackberry bushes. I soo could have sold some =D . Gonna frequent the ghetto farmers markets

[windonthewater]

The very best collards are gotten immediately after the first frost. Frost don't burn them.

[MrPogle]

Thanks for sharing this. I really like your natural approach--no worries about charisma. It's like hanging out early in the morning in a buddy's kitchen. I would have liked to see a different camera angle here and there to see the food more, but I like this posting, cheers.

[Tacos25n28]

the problem with organic products is they make 1/3 the amount of food per acer of GE food (also known as normal food). GE foods will feed the population. The current farming lands in the world.

If we used just organic crops we will only be able to feed 3 billion people we have over 7 billion people. 4 billion people dieing of hunger is not something we would like to see happen.

Look up the greatest man alive that has saved over 4 billion people from starving to death. Named Norman Borlaug

[Bobo294]

Hey PV, we do have GMO's down here in NZ now. But thankfully the application process and monitoring is very rigid. I think most horticulturalists here wouldnt want to use them because people here are pretty Anti GM. But food imported into NZ can have GMO's anyway. Always good videos bro.

[Nightwish224]

Ooo Lord, I love me some collard greens after church ;)

[proteanview]

Nightwish: HA! Why does it gotta be after church? You're a riot!

[Nightwish224]

Giirrrl, because that be the best time. Don' know about you, yet my church has long masses. Glory. My belly be rumblin after it.

[EikC]

Can't help but wonder, how much Danish did you learn in those 3 months?

[proteanview]

EikC: I didn't learn very much Danish at all. Every time I tried, the Danes graciously switched to English so I wouldn't have to embarrass myself. I *did* make a concerted effort, however.

[seneca67]

Pretty cool, Its like were all just visiting and about to have dinner. I could bring some ox tails, Jamaican style.

[proteanview]

seneca: Oxtails? I'm going to see if I can find some here.

[blair227]

Had some poke salad lst night.I really enjoy your vids.Always funny,entertaining,and thought provoking.

[justmom66]

deffently yum there one of my favs!

[HighPlainsWoman]

I raised some turnip greens last year, the turnips got really big, size of large grapefruits. I diced them up with the greens and cooked them. They were good. Collards are a little stonger than I like, but they're healthy.

[brengale]

hmm dirt under the nails grass between the toes! the satisfaction you get from preparing a delicious meal from start in a matter of minutes sounds like fast food to me1 how fast can you get from garden to home and I eat all veg. meals four times a week have not had the flu or a cold in years I just feel more energetic and no brain fog processed foods mess with us our minds as well get polluted with the toxins I love walking barefoot outdoors especially mud it's all squishy and it feels good!

[androidstar]

Hi there, well it looks as if eating all the fresh greens has done you well, you sure do appear to be in excellent health! Cheers!

[nelsonAnaya2021]

great video

[thefreeassociation]

I love the rain, man. Snow too. I used to live in Los Angeles in this area called The San Fernando Valley. It is arid and hot there almost 11 months out of the year. You regularly go several months without seeing a drop of rain. That's part of the reason I moved away from there. People think I'm crazy for that. One of my favorite things though is a warm sunny day where it starts pouring rain. It happened today here where I live. It's so rare and seems kind of unreal...

[jdrizd2]

Just telling the truth protean! There are many out there that need to know that civility is not political correctness, but a higher consciousness that comes mano y mano with communication!

[jdrizd2]

I am from the south and Collard greens are the best! My grandma made them like no other! Mustard greens are ok too but collard greens are better in my opinion. I am no vegan even though I tried the organic thing for a while. If you have a bad diet, if you go vegan for a week you will feel a big difference! The opposite of hygge is FUBAR, a military term for making things as uncomfortable as they can be!!! Great vid!

[proteanview]

jdrizd: Ah, what a great comment. Thanks for the little bit of trivia, too.

[brengale]

this is so true! I have been a fan of greens for years and I love them with peppers mild or spicy and the less we get from eating real food the more health problems we have I have found this to be true for me as I have gone 80% fresh and 20% not fresh sometimes I do use canned tomatoes or tomato products and some frozen foods mainly vegetables that are not in season. But Greens are a main staple in my diet I feel great have lost weight just by simple diet changes and walking great vid!

[jdrizd2]

Absolutely! Canned and frozen food products are not as nutritionally beneficial as fresh veggies. Of course you need a certain amount of carbohydrates in a healthy diet or you will be tired all the time. I think most Americans do not eat enough greens in their diet and their carb, fat and protein based diets are the reason obesity, diabetes, and other health issues are at epidemic proportions.

[brengale]

And we are seeing more and more babies being born with birth defects the damage messes with our DNA It has to that is just my thought pattern I know that once I changed things around it didn't take but a week for my energy to take a peak and I am not total vegan but it is the main staple and raw or steamed not too mushy I like a bit of crunch and I use herbs dried or fresh with olive oil and crushed garlic a bit of balsamic vinegar and i am happy!

[jdrizd2]

There are plenty of ways to prepare vegetables for a satisfactory taste. Economically, eating vegetables makes sense. I think the fundamental reason people are malnourished is because it takes preparation to maintain a healthy diet. This goes against the modern idea of convenience. Plus people don't foresee the adverse effects of lack of proper nutrition. In this age of availability, it is almost absurd that the U.S. would have the CDC announcing epidemic levels of diabetes.

[Athaeus]

Speaking of organic food; I know it isn't any out-of-the-box thinking, but have you given global warming - and the inability for the general population to take any action against it - any thought? I would be interested in hearing your ideas about the issue.

[doctorturbo]

corn bread ,man. great with the greens.

[hemlocksage77]

i never ate collard greens, but way to go OG...organic.

[werewolfchewtoy]

Ick :P , my dad loves them though. X^) People should always know where their food comes from. I grew up half in the country and half in the city outskirts so my eyes are wide open when it comes to where food comes from. Great Vid!

[ruddypoo86]

It's nice to see another side of you, pv. You should make more vids like this in addition to the social, political ones.

[speciesamused]

Nice white bottoms. Lol. You are charismatic. I could be a vegan but my man is a meat and potato guy. I have to force him to eat a salad. I appreciate you showing us how to clean the greens. Please checkout my first attempt at a piece on my channel. Thank you.

[moneymagnetelizabeth]

Thank you for the friend invite and it would be nice to see the organic dish after cooking the collard greens. Perhaps a video on an organic vegetable shopping trip would be fun to see too.

[blujaded]

Thanks for spreading the word on organics and local sources of fresh veggies! I have some chard growing in the garden - will think of you when I cook it up tomorrow!

I'd like to recommend a book I'm currently reading - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Awesome!

I enjoy your videos, Protean - thanks for the invite!!

[conishewa]

I'm Danish!

[VoteYourConsience]

heeeeeey wheres the rest? I wanted to know how you cook it

[VoteYourConsience]

wonder how i missed this vid. thnks protean

[chellbie]

Hey!!! I think we need to see more of you cooking!

xoxoChellbs

[WorldWarThreeNews]

Good stuff; a personal fav. As a vegan I toss in 5 - 8 potatoes, 1 - 2 red onions, some sea salt and a ton of pepper. I prefer the leaves cut minimally instead of cut down several times to smaller pieces. There's no effect to the taste of course, but it's just something about eating them closer to how they are in nature. Keep up the good work!

[nitsudg]

Studies have said Swish Chard is especially good for you. I can't remember for what exactly; aging, etc, but cabbage is also a super vegetable.

Swiss Chard- 5 minutes w/ garlic under medium heat in a frying pan. Cut out the large vein. Keeps the nutrients that way w/in 5 minutes.

[tonitakitty]

Lol thank you. I love your videos by the way!

[tonitakitty]

So... How do you pronounce the word hygge?

[proteanview]

tonitakitty: Try saying HOOGUH but when you say HOO, shape your mouth as if you were saying CHEESE :-P

[sitinpretty]

Im like you, I enjoy turnip and mustard better than collards, but collards are ok also.

[DigitalDezinesCEO]

I love collards and turnips but I have never had mustard greens. Are they good?

[proteanview]

Digital: I like 'em, but I'm easy when it comes to vegetables. Mustards are similar to spinach. They're not quite as hearty as collards or even turnips.

[iamgeekchic]

So are you a vegan? I am, but I had no idea about Hygge.

[proteanview]

iamgeek... Nah, I'm not vegan, though I'll goes days pretending to be one. I love the idea of 'hygge' because, instead of impressing people, you make them feel comfortable. Instead of being showy, you make things cozy.

[hotie22boy]

U R HOT!

[mayabrown]

I don't know why I enjoyed that so much. I watched the whole thing. I guess it felt like I was just hanging out and shooting the breeze with you on a quiet Saturday morning. Thanks for that. That was really hygge!

[socaliente34]

my gma puts neckbones in them or ham hocks or ham bone....she says it gives it an ump

[proteanview]

ah, yeah... i like that, too. 'ump'!

[Kloun42]

Haha! He said "Nice White Butts!"

[kellyxallan]

What does that taste like?

Lettuce? lol

[proteanview]

Nah.. it's much more hearty than lettuce.

...'Lettuce'... How DARE you. ;-)

[kellyxallan]

Haha i'm sorry!

I love lettuce!

[alexandre0161]

You are cute xxxx kisses from Canada

[kukelz]

don't leaf me this way