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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Meryl on December 31, 2010, 08:32:54 pm ---I may make up a batch of my Mom's navy beans and ham to start the New Year with a bang! ;D
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Is that a soup, Meryl? In any case, ham and beans are good! :D
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 01, 2011, 02:58:14 pm ---Is that a soup, Meryl? In any case, ham and beans are good! :D
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It's kind of a main dish and a soup, Jeff. If you like it soupy, you can always add more liquid. We used to have it for supper a lot when I was a kid. Here's the recipe:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6191.msg117596.html#msg117596
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Meryl on January 01, 2011, 03:08:51 pm ---It's kind of a main dish and a soup, Jeff. If you like it soupy, you can always add more liquid. We used to have it for supper a lot when I was a kid. Here's the recipe:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,6191.msg117596.html#msg117596
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Thanks! Reminds me a lot of what my mother used to make, but she always used dried lima beans, and she didn't use chicken broth. I remember her soaking the beans overnight preceding the day she wanted to cook them. The result was kind of soupy without actually being "bean soup"--she used navy beans for bean soup--and was more of a stew.
serious crayons:
I make a dish like that in the slow-cooker. I've made it with limas, with kidneys, with black-eyed peas, with lentils, with bags of mixed beans (all dried, all soaked overnight, except for the black eyes and lentils, which don't require soaking). Sometimes I use bacon instead of ham. Sometimes I use ham hocks, which are cheap and give it a wonderful smoky flavor. Sometimes I add a can of chopped tomatoes or tomato sauce (but only after the beans have softened -- the acid in the tomatoes will keep them from softening).
What I love about the slow-cooker is you don't have to be in the house while it's cooking, and it gives you a lot of latitude as to when it's finished cooking. Usually it will say something like, "cook on low for 6 to 8 hours," which means if you put it in at noon you can eat anytime from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
I made a ham for Christmas. We didn't quite finish it, so I tossed the rest, including the bone, into the freezer. Sometime next week, probably, I'll thaw it out and throw it in the slow-cooker for a big pot o' beans.
Meryl:
Sounds great, Katherine! I had my beans for supper with black bread and a beer. That's good eatin'!
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