THE best pintos I ever ate were cooked by our dear former "list mom," Barb Stanley! She also had cornbread and onions on the side and they were just heavenly! By far the finest beans ever made!!! On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Carolyn Bruce <cdhbruce@cox.net> wrote: > Jerry, > In my experience, pintos are brown and octobers are speckled, two > different beans. My mother used to mix the speckled octobers in with a > pot of half runners (a green or "snap" bean), cook them with "fat back" > and serve them with chopped onions and cornbread and butter... talk > about good eatin'! O'course, pintos, cooked and served the same way, are > my favorites. Sometimes I'd take the pintos with plenty of the soup and > crumble the cornbread up in them, sprinkle 'em heaviliy with chopped > onions... m-m-good! On the side put a serving of kale, boiled 'til > tender, drained and fried in fat back grease, sprinkle with a little > vinegar... oh boy! Mother would serve it on a platter decorated with the > strips of fat back (salt pork) and slices of hard boiled egg... made a > pretty dish. Are you hungry, yet? > > I understand that served together, cornbread and beans have amino acids > equal to those of meat. True? > > Carolyn HALE BRUCE > Virginia Beach, VA > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You all are forgetting to add diced fresh tomatoes to the beans, cornbread and onion. I am going to have to cook a pot of pintos with ham, after reading these notes. I found some good onions and tomatoes at the Farmers Market in Hillsville. Didn't I see where Floyd now has a Farmers Market?  If you cannot grow your own, these markets are the next best choice,   Have A good day and happy eating. Mary Anne --- On Tue, 5/25/10, Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> wrote: From: Kat Fulcher <kfulcher55@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] beans To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 10:18 AM THE best pintos I ever ate were cooked by our dear former "list mom," Barb Stanley!  She also had cornbread and onions on the side and they were just heavenly! By far the finest beans ever made!!! On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Carolyn Bruce <cdhbruce@cox.