I think what I ate was a mix of whatever greens were available or could be found.
Turnip, collard, spinach, plantain, dandelion, poke. . . actually those weren't available in January, were they? Unless canned, and I know poke wasn't something they canned. They only ate poke when the new leaves were small and fresh.
Of course now we are told that all parts of poke are toxic. Strange, since I survived years of it. But I do know to only use the fresh new leaves and if cooked, it must be cooked 3 times in fresh water with every cooking. By that time, it was very nearly mush anyway, everything had been cooked out of it, even the toxins.
Mostly I just remember the black eyed peas.
Purple raisin and carrot salad. How boring. Needs some yellow in there to liven it up.
Yellow carrots. Yellow peppers? How 'bout lime green?
