Kat nothing wrong with a good pot of ham hocks and beans. My mom use to make it with white or navy beans. I like to cook up a nice post of pintos with ham hocks. She also add elbow macaroni to make it all go further. Couse she always save bowl or two of just beans for dad as he wasn't a fan of macroni in the beans. John In Kansas > vafloyd@rootsweb.com wrote: > > I was raised on beans and corn bread...but somehow, managed to raise two > boys of my own who DON'T like beans!!! No point in making a big pot just > for myself, so I have to go out to a good country buffet to have a bowl! > :( While other folks are loading up on the fried chicken, I'm having beans > and cornbread...LOL! > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Joyce & Tom <jthawkin@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > We are the bean capital of CA, we have a dried Bean Festival every August, > > ever try bean ice cream, bean pizza? LOL The best meal is beans and > > corn-pone baked in a cast iron skillet. Joyce in CA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vafloyd-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > On > > Behalf Of Carolyn Bruce > > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:15 AM > > To: vafloyd@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [VAFLOYD] beans > > > > 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 > > > > 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 > > > 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