Cut them, place them in a big pot of water. Add salt, 1 spoon full of sugar (tales put the bitterness) minced garlic, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, a little liquid smoke or a smoke turkey wing or neck bone and boil until tender. I will change to an orange color too. My grandma made this . So good! and the one spoon of sugar didn’t throw me off on phase 1 and I limited my intake to 2 cups a week.