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see saw sallie

Mar 23, 2010, 9:14 PM

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Anyone know by name in Spanish the following:

Collard greens
Mustard greens
turnip greens

I know I have spied them in markets...well, think that's what they were anyhow.

esperanza

Mar 24, 2010, 7:37 AM

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Anyone know by name in Spanish the following:

Collard greens
Mustard greens
turnip greens

I know I have spied them in markets...well, think that's what they were anyhow.

Collard greens--there is no real translation, but you could call it 'col silvestre'.
Mustard greens--same thing, no real translation, but you could call it 'hoja de mostaza' or 'quelite de mostaza'.
Turnip greens--'hoja de nabo' or 'quelite de nabo'.

I suspect that what you have seen in markets is probably something other than those three items.

Usually the 'greens' that are common in parts of the USA are called quelites here in Mexico, although quelites are not normally cultivated, but are wild greens. Some of the most common are quelite de ceniza and papaloquelite, although there are about 500 varieties. Read here for more information:
http://mexicocooks.typepad.com/...ens-at-the-unam.html.

http://www.mexicocooks.typepad.com

see saw sallie

Mar 24, 2010, 12:35 PM

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Thanks Esperanza. The word quelites Is what I was looking for.

I've tried asking for verdes and verdes de nabo. Maybe they weren't greens that I saw in markets. I'll try your translations next time. Great link you provided.

see saw sallie

Mar 24, 2010, 12:49 PM

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Maybe they weren't greens that I saw...

Correction, of course they were greens.
I meant the collards, mustards and turnips I'm accustomed to in the South (USA).

Camille

Mar 24, 2010, 10:24 PM

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Now I'm drooling... again. A bowl of cream peas, collards, stewed okra, tomatoes, and onions, a slice of dense cornbread....... take me now, Lord!

see saw sallie

Mar 25, 2010, 5:21 AM

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Camille: lol, oh yeh.

I did manage to make pretty decent cornbread in Mexico, but in time tortillas won. Which I love too. Really missed greens though so need to learn how to work that in next time. Even if it means changing the type of greens. In fact, think I prefer to try another kind. I might like them.

Peter

Mar 25, 2010, 6:53 AM

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I have been wanting to make cornbread sometime but the cornmeal has been eluding me. Any trouble finding it or am I just missing it on the shelves?

Maesonna

Mar 25, 2010, 7:47 AM

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I, too, would like to know if I'm missing something. As far as I know, it's not sold in markets or supermarkets. I wonder if harina para tamales purchased at a molino would work. Its texture is grainy rather than floury, more similar to cornmeal than masa harina.

esperanza

Mar 25, 2010, 7:55 AM

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I buy cornmeal at the Mercado Independencia in Morelia, and I'm sure it's readily available at any market where feed and seed are sold a granel (in bulk). What I buy is the finest grind of corn for feeding chickens. I bring it home, sieve out the very few largest broken kernels, and bingo: cornmeal. It works just fine.

The woman vendor laughed herself silly when I told her what I was going to do with it, but when I took her a piece of my cornbread, she loved it.

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Camille

Mar 25, 2010, 9:27 AM

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Peter, aren't you in PV? The new WalMart in Mezcales has it....

Peter

Mar 25, 2010, 10:55 AM

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Peter, aren't you in PV? The new WalMart in Mezcales has it....

I travel out to the coast frequently but I live in Morelia. Good idea, I'll check the Wal-Mart here also, but I'm about two blocks from Mercado San Juan which seems more likely to have it as Esperanza suggests. We have a lot fewer Americans here, more chickens than Americans, I'm sure.

see saw sallie

Mar 26, 2010, 5:51 PM

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Sorry, don't recall where I got my meal. Prolly Puebla where I also found every Indian spice I was looking for to make curries but that was a year after looking.

esperanza

Mar 26, 2010, 7:34 PM

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If you ever need fenugreek, cardamom, coriander, cumin, or other Indian spices (whole, not ground), they are readily available in Morelia.

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Anonimo

Mar 27, 2010, 3:25 AM

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Also, if you are in México, D.F. look up Molinera de Chiles "El Progreso", on Calle Aranda, near the corner of Calle Ayuntamiento, for a huge selection of spices, seasonings and more.

(Click right arrow on album for more pics.)

Saludos,
Anonimo

see saw sallie

Mar 28, 2010, 3:56 PM

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Thanks Anonimo. I am there a lot (not sure if in that area). Esperanza, good to know. I found those in Puebla...but it took way too long. Morelia is on our list of places to visit this time around, so I'll keep an eye now I that know.