hey this is the dude in the kitchen series
and i'm going to show you what i found out on cooking root crops and leafs stay tuned
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hello welcome back to pine meadows hobby farm i'm your host jerry hansen this is my dude
in the kitchen series i'm gonna harvest some produce out of my garden that i planted earlier
and today i'm harvesting turnips carrots and the turnip greens and i'll show you the proper way
to cook them we're going to select a couple of nice turnips there's a beautiful one right there
look at that beauty oh this wants to go with it so we take these two
and i have some rainbow swish chard that's ready to harvest a couple of leaves from
let's go get in the kitchen get these washed up and i'll show you guys the proper way
to cook greens and root crops okay we'll just give them a wash
and cut off the root and then leave a little bit of the stem
and i'm going to get rid of this part of the stem
feed those to the rabbits and this is the greens of the turnip that you cook kind of like a spinach
these are delicious
okay for root crops i'm just going to add just a little bit of salt put my root crop in here
and to add cold water you start your root crops in cold water
potatoes turnips rutabagas you start them all in cold water and i put it on a low heat
i'll put it on a low heat and let it sit there and simmer that's a pretty big turn up so we'll let
it sit there and simmer for about an hour we'll come right back and then we'll add the greens so
root crops you start out with cold water first greens you want to add it to boiling water
already hot and just cook it long enough to blanch it tenderize it and then
add your favorite seasonings and serve we'll be right back okay i boiled it on a low simmer for
about 45 minutes i'm gonna put a fork in it and see if it's got the consistency i want it does
okay i'm going to go ahead and remove the vegetables set them aside
and while the water is boiling i'm just going to add the greens right to the
hot boiling water so that's the proper way to cook greens you add them to hot
water proper way to cook root crops you start them off in cold water
now for seasoning on this i'm just going to add some garlic chunks
and then give this a stir
and went and collected chicken egg
hard-boiled them for farm fresh chicken eggs i've got a video on how to do chicken eggs so you can
peel them easy so this is my lunch a good source of protein is a farm fresh butt nugget just going
to slice it up and i'm going to serve it on my greens now boiling your boiling greens
just boil them as long as you want if you want a nice firm green boil them for about three to five
minutes if you want a little softer greens boil them longer it's up to you but greens
starting in hot water root crops start them in cold water i'm ready to remove this from the heat
and serve
a simple farm fresh meal and really healthy locales which is what i'm looking for
not a whole lot of carbs but i do have some in the turnip well i'm jerry hanson your host
this is the dude in the kitchen series i want to thank you guys for sharing this adventure with me
and hopefully i taught you something how to cook different the appropriate way methods
of cooking root crops and leaf vegetables stay tuned for more episodes we're going to light up
the barbecue next because i sent a pig to freezer camp yeah i'm going to cook up some ribs yeah be
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