🥬 How does your family cook their greens? Collard greens are often a staple at the dinner table in African American families. This stockpot was used to cook collard greens for over 20 years at the Florida Avenue Grill in Washington, D.C., one of the country's oldest African American-owned soul food restaurants. The various leafy greens in the cabbage family have grown across Africa, Europe, and North America for centuries. But greens flavored with ham hocks are part of a larger Black survival s