Neiman Marcus Is Selling Frozen Collard Greens For $66 Plus Shipping
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Luxury department store Neiman Marcus is well-known for its opulent holiday offerings.
For example, its "Christmas Book" holiday gift guide is offering his-and-hers "Island cars" for $65,000 each. And a trip to castles in the U.K. for eight will set you back a cool $700,000.
But a different kind of item is now raising eyebrows: The department store is selling collard greens for $66, plus $15.50 in shipping. It advertises that the vegetable is "seasoned with just the right amount of spices and bacon" and "ships fully cooked and frozen."
The comfort food's high price tag has generated scorn and ridicule on the Internet. "I can't even begin to imagine the conversation at the dinner table with my grandmother," The Root said. "Do you know how many pounds of greens you could get for $66 at a grocery store? And, who's cooking these greens? Is there some secret Neiman Marcus kitchen run by a grandmother or Paula Deen?"
They "better taste like unicorn tears and Prince's bath water," it said in a tweet.
Now, Twitter users are expressing outrage about the costly side dish using the hashtag #GentrifiedGreens. Here are a few reactions:
Neiman Marcus responded to NPR's request for comment with this statement, posted here in full:
"The Neiman Marcus Collard Greens are a new item we are carrying this year. The order arrives in four 12 oz trays so you choose how much you would like to serve. Overall, the four 12 oz trays serves 8-10 people."
If you're undaunted by the price – and hungry — the company also sells a Baked Bean medley for $80; an item called "Oma's Cheesy Potatoes" for $76; and a full Holiday Turkey Dinner for $495.
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Why the ? not????
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They go and taint the greens with bacon smh.
I don't trust what they consider "cooked". -
Inb4 #GentrifiedChitlings
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they do know white folks eat greens right!?
and if u worried about the proce u shouldnt be lookin in a Neimans catalog anyway..
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Inb4 #GentrifiedChitlings
Add Mac and Cheese, Ham Hocks, Sweet Potato's, Biscuits and gravy, and fried chicken to that hashtag. -
northside7 wrote: »They go and taint the greens with bacon smh.
I don't trust what they consider "cooked".
Or seasoned. White people seasoning is some ? . -
Didn't trader joes or one of them other kinda stores try to do this last year and put nuts and some other ? in em?
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BOSSExcellence wrote: »they do know white folks eat greens right!?
and if u worried about the proce u shouldnt be lookin in a Neimans catalog anyway.. -
Down here cacs eat greens.
this is like one of those "black parents do this" Facebook meme that show something every parent does.
? to stay wanting to claim ? . -
Collard greens nasty
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#MemorialMacAndCheese, #HolidayHamHocks, #SoulfulSweetPotatos, #BlessedAndGodlyBiscuitsAndGravy, #NiggerStyleFriedChicken
Cacs don't waste time being cute when it comes to us and fried chicken. -
Collard greens (cooked to perfection of course) is equal to manna in the South. It will probably sell out in the wasteland of NYC or Hollywood but here in the South...crickets. Sad. Y'all don't know what you're missing.
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My grandma just got two full garbage bags of greens last week.
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If your parents/ grandparents not cooking them you lost in life. Wouldn't dare buy greens from anywhere other than the store to cook them my self
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My grandma just got two full garbage bags of greens last week.
When I was young kid my dad knew a guy that grew all that country ? . He'd tell him to get how much ever he wanted...... needless to say he took full advantage of it and had garbage bags galore....
Came time to clean em he/we cleaned em in the kitchen sink, bathtub and even put some in the wash machine. He'd cook all of em over a course of 3-4 days and freeze em. Good lawd they'd be on point.
Also made things worse we had one of those deeeeeeeep store 4-5 bodies in it freezer. -
detcatinva wrote: »Collard greens nasty
I love collard greens... the smell, the taste, the texture...
I like to pile my plate high with turkey breast with the gravy, mac and cheese, collard greens, stuffing, ham, them butter rolls....
Oooooowweeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Sorry, that Louisiana in me came out... -
On the bright side, at least they didn't call them colored greens...
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detcatinva wrote: »Collard greens nasty
I used to think so too. I used to think they taste like dirt. I don't know how they eventually grew on me. I think its mainly depending on who's cooking them. -
Turfaholic wrote: »detcatinva wrote: »Collard greens nasty
I used to think so too. I used to think they taste like dirt. I don't know how they eventually grew on me. I think its mainly depending on who's cooking them.
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The nerve...
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BOSSExcellence wrote: »they do know white folks eat greens right!?
and if u worried about the proce u shouldnt be lookin in a Neimans catalog anyway..
Shout out to Alfie -
? want everything to be racist.
Fake outrage. -
White ppl in the south love greens.
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Greens nasty as ?