Tammy, How about "Leather Britches" ? The only thing is they should have dried over the winter. I beleive they would have eaten them in that time frame. Believe it or not ...I ate them in the 1950's... They are green beans strung with a needle on a doubled over thread. Then they are hung up to dry. During the winter they were brought in the kitchen from the loft where they were hanging and cooked with salt pork. Sometimes they tasted just like they were called"Leather Britches". Here is a site with some recipes from 1860. Maybe they still ate them in 1880..They look quite good. <A HREF="http://www.buffnet.net/~macdowel/cross/recipes.htm">1860’s Foods</A> http://www.buffnet.net/~macdowel/cross/recipes.htm Milly WARD Piros <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html">A List of All My Pages</A> http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html My Mind Is Like Lightning.....One brilliant flash and Pooooooooooffffffffffffffffffff it's gone..