Old-Fashioned Collard Greens

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon celery salt 
• 2.8 lb collard greens fresh
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce (such as Tabasco)
• 6 servings pepper vinegar hot
• 1.5 pound ham hocks smoked

Equipment

• bowl
• slotted spoon
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Place first 3 ingredients and 1 qt. water in a large Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; simmer, uncovered, 1 hour.
2. Trim and discard thick stems from bottom of collard green leaves. Tear leaves into 2-inch pieces.
3. Place leaves in a large bowl of water. Swish leaves around to remove any dirt.
4. Remove leaves from bowl, and discard water.
5. Add leaves to Dutch oven; stir. (The pot will be full, but the leaves will cook down.) Cover and simmer, stirring every 30 minutes, for 1 1/2 hours.
6. Remove ham hocks; remove meat from hocks, and chop. Discard any fat. Return meat to Dutch oven.
7. Serve greens with a slotted spoon. Pass with Hot Pepper Vinegar. Reserve and enjoy potlikker.