Collards are a dark leafy veggie sort of like turnip greens (without the bitterness).. A "must have" on the southerner's Sunday dinner table, along with a big pan of cornbread (to soak up the "pot likker")... They really are good--must tastier than spinach or turnip greens (IMO). I guess we have a tendency to love the foods that we grew up on. This is one of the very few lc foods that I've loved from my childhood..