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Delicious comforting meals centered around traditionally known as cheap cuts of meat (neck bones, oxtails, ham hocks) that are frequently a part of soul food cooking. They don't enjoy mainstream popularity but are common among black people where they enjoy cult-like status.

Christmas always brings in new toys, and I'm happy to have this Instapot to break in and make you the beneficiary. So let's just say this will be the gift that keeps on giving. Seeing I'm late to the Instapot craze, I'm in catch-up mode and hope to be as prolific as Quincy Jones once I get the hang of it. For my first foray into things, I decided to convert an older traditional stove-top recipe for white bean stew. Plus, I had leftover ham hocks I was trying to get rid of from the pork nachos recipe for tonight's bowl games. Feel free to use this recipe to make black-eyed peas for New Year's as the peas are easily substitutable for white beans in this recipe.

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Crafting a Southern oxtail recipe that's bursting with flavor but not TOO HEAVY can be a major challenge. I'm going to show you how to achieve maximum taste without the excess fat often associated with traditional oxtail recipes. Yeah you can trim away excess fat before cooking, but you trade-off some flavor. Balancing the richness …

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Wow, mustard greens might be my new favorite leafy green vegetable. I’ve always been a collard greens man, but there’s something about the slightly peppery taste of mustard greens that just hits a little different. In many Southern households, mustard greens with bacon are a staple, especially during New Year's celebrations, symbolizing prosperity and good …

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