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There was a stand-off between the cops and a man in my neighborhood recently. The cops were standing on the street and the man was screaming obscenities at the cops from his second storey window. He was holding something in his hand to throw at the cops. It was a can of collards. I kept on walking. Later on I saw the can of collards on its side in the gutter.

Try adding them to a soup. perhaps minestrone, pasta e fagioli, or mix veg.

i have never tried any greens from a can. i just think of slimey crud.

I ate them for years. I was an untutored bachelor misguidedly thinking that by eating them I was increasing my vegetable intake.

Now five years into my relationship with my wife, who slung veggies for organic co-ops for years, I am a born again true believer in fresh, local, organic and my last can of collards will sit on the altar as a memory of leisure suits, the AMC Pacer, and mullets - things that seemed OK at the time but are ever so regretable in retrospect.

I'd make a potage.
saute some onions with butter, add condensed chicken stock, small chunks of potatoes and bay leaf and boil until the potatoes are soft. then add the canned collards (drained as much as possible). Remove bay leaf and puree the entire thing, return it to a pot, add milk to desired taste and heat just before boiling. season as you like.

I can't stand canned vegetables (except for corn) but this works for canned peas, asparagus, green beans, carrots etc.