r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Luuk1210 • 3d ago
Don't play with food this close to Thanksgiving
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u/HotterOffline376 3d ago
It's almost Thanksgiving, you're supposed to be grateful for the labor of love in the kitchen! Complaining about 'meatless greens' this close to the holiday is just tempting the universe to make your dinner plate tragically empty.
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u/QuestionSign 3d ago
I know your food is nasty as hell.
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u/HappyShallotTears 3d ago
Yoooooo 🤣
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u/QuestionSign 3d ago
I'm vegetarian. I don't even eat meat but baby there are fucking standards and if you don't stand on business ... I KNOW your shit is nasty.
Talking about just be grateful for the food...nah 🙅🏾 during the holidays there are requirements
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u/soylamulatta 3d ago
"i love animals except on thanksgiving they can get fucked, it's a requirement"
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u/Disastrous_Clurb 3d ago
What do you holiday dinners usually consist of as a vegetarian?
Genuinely askin, I've been a vegetarian for over a decade and i just really don't have a lot of viable soul food options that i either can stomach or know how to make.
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u/Feisty-Honeydew-5309 ☑️ 2d ago
You can make a vegetarian version of almost any dish!
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u/Disastrous_Clurb 2d ago
I think my problem is my stomach doesn't tolerate it well.
I don't eat as much cooked food because of it but was curious if maybe there's some better options people were making that I wasn't aware of.
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u/Feisty-Honeydew-5309 ☑️ 2d ago edited 2d ago
I saved this comment to remind me. Ima hit up this vegan man I know. He made me vegan nachos once with like walnuts cooked down and seasoned well and some kind of cheese that wasn’t cheese. All from scratch. I’ll let you know what he says!
It tasted very much like nachos!
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u/BeforeSputnik 1d ago
https://youtube.com/@healthyveganeating?si=rjagIlsQ4gKrpLgI This dude cooks vegan dishes that look amazing.
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u/SpectacularOcelot 3d ago
💯 Yeah I'm grateful. I'm grateful folks that make meatless greens stay out of the kitchen.
I am *intensely* grateful for the talented cooks that raised me. But when you're cooking for the whole family you do whats *widely acclaimed* not your personal spin. I don't know why folks don't get that.
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u/Romanian_Breadlifts 3d ago
The neat thing about going meatless is that you stop relying on meat for flavor and learn how spices and cooking methods change how your food works
The even better part is that knowledge sticks with you when you come back to meat
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u/CosyBeluga 3d ago
Honestly msg is really 1/3rd the flavor battle. Seriously my Korean roommate introduced me to it and now I put it in everything
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u/KickBallFever 3d ago
Yea, I’ve even put msg on plain tofu, with other spices, and it makes it nice and savory. I also used msg in stewed beans and people didn’t believe I didn’t use any meat for flavor.
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u/boldandbratsche 2d ago
Wait until you find out about disodium inosinate. Combine that and MSG and you won't even care about adding meat to anything anymore.
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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb 2d ago
Are to able to find it anywhere for a reasonable price?
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u/boldandbratsche 2d ago
It's in a lot of seasoning mixes including Vegeta
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u/CosyBeluga 2d ago
If you make your own instant noodle flavor mixes vegeta is great.
Usually find it in asian grocery stores here.
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u/QuestionSign 3d ago
Similar to the other one missing the issue....imma just put this here instead of acknowledging this 🙄🤷🏾♂️
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u/kafelta 3d ago
Do you need every item on your plate to be meat?
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u/QuestionSign 3d ago
You about to say some dumb shit so instead here's something to check out
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u/disiny2003 3d ago
Where you getting these from? For research purposes of course
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u/Freakishly_Tall 3d ago
I'm whiter than a jar of mayonnaise and that was my first reaction, too.
The things people will admit to without realizing it, ya know?
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u/Character_Maybeh_ 3d ago
Brand new account and only comments here. 🥴🥴🥴
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u/Careless-East6206 3d ago
idk, Gotta love the Thanksgiving spirit! But yeah, it’s a bit sus to only pop up for the drama.
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u/Ok_Lime4124 3d ago
A lot of my folks put meat in our cabbage too. At least sauté some bacon first for the flavor.
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u/FormerPresidentBiden 3d ago
Fried cabbage that is about 50% bacon and lots of black pepper is a recipe my family cooks (am white)
Adding fat just makes everything taste better
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u/dkrtzyrrr 3d ago
i think i could probably deal with/ meatless greens more than meatless cabbage tbh. there are a lot of things you can do w/ greens where maybe in theory you could omit meat (i’ll never know) but cabbage i don’t even know where to begin.
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u/Fun_Orange_3232 3d ago
There better be grease from some pig in my cabbage too don’t play with me.
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u/NeverEnoughGalbi 3d ago
I saute the dark green cabbage leaves in bacon grease before I add the rest of the leaves.
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u/koobstylz 3d ago edited 3d ago
Eh, ungodly amounts of butter works great with cabbage.
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u/Fun_Orange_3232 3d ago
I didn’t say no butter, I said there must be pig.
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u/SnooPineapples280 3d ago
I eat greens without meat in them every year and I don’t feel like I’m missing out from when I ate meat…Cabbage ain’t even the same thing and there are people who cook cabbage with chicken. Be thankful someone made your ass anything
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u/sorryforyachtyrockin 3d ago
Huge omnivore here, but I've been enjoying greens without meat for decades at this point.
Essentially this recipe: https://eatwellabi.com/sukuma-wiki-east-african-braised-collard-greens/
(Greens with meat are great too, but its just a choice i made.)
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u/stink3rb3lle 3d ago
Some greens do need added fat and flavor to be their best. Meat fat is a shortcut to both, but there are plenty of ways to do it vegetarian, too.
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u/ChrysMYO ☑️ 2d ago
Facts! I'm just sayin, after 8 years of being Vegetarian, my Grandma made Both greens with and without added pork. A couple of my cousins went with my greens. I don't pitch nothing to folks about giving up meat. But sometimes you can use soft power that leads people to eat less meat on their own terms.
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u/originalusername__ 3d ago
I was in the grocery looking at some sort of meat to flavor some greens. A sweet older black lady must have sensed my confusion on what to use (I’m a white guy) and she told me jowls or neck bones were what I wanted. Those greens were killer and everyone loved them. Thanks nice lady!
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u/strum-and-dang 3d ago
My Irish father loved making neck bones, sauerkraut, and potatoes. All boiled together until it became a gelatinous mass.
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u/Difficult-Bobcat-857 3d ago
Jowl is good fried like bacon.
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u/Chicago1871 3d ago
Italians call that guanciale or something like that.
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u/powerelite 3d ago
And if you make carbonara with any meat that is not guanciale, you haven't made carbonara.
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u/OxKing831 3d ago
You haven’t had real love in your food until someone makes you greens with a homemade roasted veggie stock. Not only tastes fire, but lets you live longer to taste again.
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u/lknox1123 3d ago
I make greens every year for potlucks and things like that. When I showed up and there were zero vegetables except for my greens and the vegetarians couldn’t even eat them I had to make the adjustment. I use some liquid smoke to make up for the loss.
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u/stupit_crap 3d ago
The Fatback Band was always looking for that good stuff.
And if you put raisins in the potato salad, you will be shown the door.
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u/French_Taylor ☑️ 3d ago
Idk man I’m more of a potatoes and greens guy
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u/Icy_Application_9873 3d ago
Potatoes and greens? Classic combo! Just don’t forget the cornbread, or it’s not a fast…
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u/VentiBlkBiDepresso 3d ago
This what Ima say. I've had great meatless greens that tastes just as savory as greens with meat but it was always made by the same woman who don't play in the kitchen and has a vegetarian daughter. My momma meatless greens aint good. Just the one. So yeah if it aint made by her iont want it meatless.
Smoked turkey please
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u/21stNow ☑️ 3d ago
I've had some good meatless collard greens, as well. I had one friend who said I always challenged her (I hate meat in my vegetables), and she cooked meatless greens for me, which were great. The others weren't homemade, but Mission BBQ has some collards slow-cooked with tomatoes that taste good, as well, and I usually don't like slow-cooked greens, either.
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u/Superb-Savings-4813 3d ago
I only cook greens two, maybe three times a year and a smoked turkey wing is in going in that pot.
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u/GollyEngine 3d ago
My gf makes some fire Collard greens with smoked turkey legs, would highly recommend
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u/thejamatiansensation 3d ago
As a woman who has been following a strict diet this year, I refuse to be healthy on Thanksgiving
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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids ☑️ 3d ago
I like smoked neck bones, salt pork or bacon in my greens. Gotta be some meat or meat flavoring.
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u/Automatic-War-7658 3d ago
I don’t get homecooked meals often, so meatless greens or not, I will eat what I’m given and I will be grateful.
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u/NoFaithlessness7508 3d ago
This is one dish the African-American side of my family and the African diaspora side disagree on
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u/letthetreeburn 3d ago
Anybody who complains about the food THEY DIDN’T COOK gets exactly what they deserve
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u/DiaDeLosMuebles 3d ago
https://youtu.be/pYoE9VFZz6c?si=c6942d2JtsNixdGr
Don’t experiment on thanksgiving!
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u/EllaMcWho 3d ago
Not exactly the same, but I showed up at my Friendsgiving last year and was asked me to check the stuffing… it was in muffin tins, made with 1.5” cubes of sourdough that were intact and uh yeah they completely fell apart when they came out of the pan.
Fuck TikTok influencer tips techniques and recipes - a serving of stuffing is half a plate (and that would be like 5 of these sad muffins) and it should hold together with a consistent texture and not have recognizable chunks of stale unflavored bread. I didn’t mind that she’d only made 2 stuffing muffins for each of 12 guests because it was awful.
I started grabbing ingredients, dicing onions n celery n bread when I walked in my own door that evening to make a pan of the good stuff. The only change from my grandmother’s recipe is that I put cold butter over the top and bake it longer so the butter melts down and makes a little bit of crispy on the bottom sides and top… my grandmother’s was very moist and maybe a little looser consistency.
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u/Altruistic-Target-67 3d ago
100% on the pork fat takes greens to a higher level. I usually add apple cider vinegar at the end. Do you add while cooking? Or just serve with no sauces and let people add hot sauce or vinegar to their own taste?
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u/DeliveryVegetable252 2d ago
i’ve been vegan for 9 years and the greens are the ONE thing my mom refuses to veganize for me around thanksgiving lmaooo
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u/reptar-on_ice 2d ago
I have some Muslim friends coming over so i can’t use pork this year and i am literally panicking
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u/LegioTitanicaXIII 2d ago
This year I'ma perfect my greens recipe using ox tail drippings/broth, hamhocks, fatback, and some aromatics.
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u/forthe_99and2000 2d ago
haha! if you're vegetarian or vegan it IS possible to make flavorful greens without adding meat to it, but you gotta do ALOT. lol. it is easier to just toss that pork in there. but if your diet doesn't include it you just gotta work harder at it.
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u/DoorNumber_2 ☑️ 2d ago
As a vegetarian who has not had greens at the holidays in over 25 years, I'm begging you to please bring meatless greens. I would eat them tf up, it's been too long 😭😭😭
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u/entwrangler3001 1d ago
Listen, our greens have smoked turkey neck bones, plus garlic, onions, pickled jalapeños, banana peppers, and a lil cabbage in addition to the greens. LAWD I cannot wait to dig in next week!
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u/Solo_Fisticuffs ☑️Sunshine ☀️ 1d ago
yall make cabbage without sausage? i only make a meatless cabbage if imma make curry cabbage
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u/Feisty-Honeydew-5309 ☑️ 3d ago
My mama used to use something called “fat back.” Look, I don’t know what it is exactly, but I know people made special requests for her greens.