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[Meanderer]

More on leather britches: An Old-Time Southern Method of Preserving Beans
This old-time Southern method of drying and preserving green beans and wax beans is a great organic way to store your bean crop for the winter.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Leather Britches

Does anyone remember leather britches? "In Appalachia the term "Leather Britches" is used to describe string beans strung on strings and hung up on porches to dry." When I left home I took one string of dried green beans my grandfather gave me. Maybe I thought I'd need it for food one day. lol. Kept it for decades, doubt I would throw it away, but can't find it now
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I can't imagine what it must have been like to only have a few strings of dried green beans and a crock of slimy salt pork to last you until your garden started to produce some food.

No wonder the oldtimers looked forward to eating dandelion greens, wild garlic, fiddlehead ferns, and cowslips!

I'm so thankful that I live in a world filled with drive-in windows! layful:

 

[RadishRose]

This is a new one on me.

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Pappy]

 

[RadishRose]

I never cared for pork and beans, Boston baked beans, those kinds with the sugary red sauce. I do love all other beans and bean soups.

 

[Seeker]

Give me a big bowl of pinto beans and large piece of cornbread and I'm a happy camper.View attachment 40451

Yes! and don't forget the onion.

 

[debodun]

A recipe I developed for BBQ-style baked beans:

Three Bean Baked Beans (a savory bean casserole)


3 -15 oz. cans of three different colored beans, drained (I find black beans, navy beans and pinto beans work well, but have also used black eyes peas, soy beans, pink beans and Great Northern beans in combos)

1 cup cooked ham cut in ¼” cubes or 2 cans chunk ham, flaked (the meat may be omitted if you desire a vegetarian style dish)
Mix all above ingredients together in a cooking pot.


Prepare sauce:
½ cup chili sauce
½ cup barbecue sauce
¼ cup dark molasses
¼ cup steak sauce
2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp. brown prepared mustard (or 1 tsp. dry powdered mustard)
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
(below ingredients are optional, if you desire a more spicy variety)

½ tsp. cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp. Tabasco sauce

Mix all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and warm to a simmer, stirring occasionally. When warm, pour over beans and mix to distribute. Bake at 350[SUP]o[/SUP] for 1 hour until hot and bubbly.

 

[hearlady]

Black bean brownies are really good!