Corn bread and Collar greens bring back childhood memories.
\nMy momma in the kitchen cooking red beans, beef neck bones and rice.<\/p>\n
There was a special corn bread pan that momma would use.
\nIt looked like ears of corn and was as heavy as a cast iron skillet.
\nThe greens were baptized until the water was clear.<\/p>\n
The smell of corn bread and collar greens meant love is in the air.
\nA pressure cooker was my momma’s favorite pot for beans. <\/p>\n
Baked yams or sweet potatoes were hot on the scene.
\nThe fried chicken make you scream, Hallelujah.<\/p>\n
I never knew hunger as a kid; my aunties and uncle always kept a family fed.
\nCorn bread and Collar greens bring back childhood memories.<\/p>\n
The smell of corn bread and collar greens meant love is in the air.
\nGrandma stirring those cakes making that meringue from scratch.
\nOver a double boiler kept all her clients coming back.<\/p>\n
Corn beard means stability no matter what else you have corn bread completed the meal;
\nYou can tell my people from the south, put a little Arkansan and Mississippi in them collard greens, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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