grouchy old primitive full of beans

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Oh my.

NNN0LHI  (1000+ posts)      Thu Jul-29-10 10:41 PM
THE GROUCHY OLD PRIMITIVE
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I just put two bags of Great Northern Beans in a big pot of water to soak overnight

That was after my wife Sue and I spent ten minutes going through every one of them by hand to remove the few bad ones. Then we washed them and put them in the pot. I will turn the burner on low tomorrow morning around 7:00 and drop a ham hock into it for flavor. They will be done perfect around noon. And by then Sue will have whipped up a batch of her super duper cornbread(no one makes it better and I am not joking), and we will sit down for a lunch that I consider a true delicacy. Seriously. I eat mine with a handful of chopped up sweet onions and a couple of spoons full of juice from a container of banana peppers, mild or hot, on top of my beans. Then put some butter on my still warm cornbread and I am in true hog heaven.

Funny thing is under normal conditions I never in my life would have ever tried beans and cornbread. My wife and I rolled into an little sleepy town she was born in on a Sunday once called Steele, Missouri about 30 years ago. Were no McDonalds or anything like that and the only little diner was closed. So the only thing available to eat was what her relatives were having that day. Beans and cornbread. I hated the looks of it and didn't much care for the smell either, but I was starving and ate it. I have loved it ever since.

SwampG8r  (1000+ posts)        Fri Jul-30-10 12:02 AM
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1. yum cornbread

i am considered gross when beans and cornbread are involved

i will take a small piece of cornbread

crumple it in a bowl

cover with beans and pot liquor

garnish with onions

bon appetit!!

and cold cornbread in a bowl with milk for breakfast

yummmmmmmm

i am so envious of you

forgive me lord i covet his beans and cornbread

Retrograde  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jul-30-10 12:17 AM
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2. Cooking up a pot of black beans right now

God's gift to those who like vegetables - and I'm looking forward to a number of bean dishes in the next few days.

I'm not a vegetarian, but there's nothing wrong with bean tacos, or refried beans, or bean and rice salad.