- Joined
- May 12, 2010
- Location
- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
There is nothing like a good green bean recipe. This is the way my Granny from Kentucky prepared her green beans. It is way her Mother did them and the way her Grandma did them.
Green Beans and Ham or Hog Jowl
Place a 2 pound ham hock or 1/2 pound hog jowl in 3 pints of water
Add 1 large onion peeled
1 small piece red pepper pod
Cover and simmer slowly for 1 1/2 hours.
Add 2 pounds green beans
1 teaspoon sugar
salt, if necessary
Cover lightly and simmer slowly, about 2 hours or until beans are tender and most of the liquor has cooked away.
Serve with corn pones.
Recipe for Corn Pone
Mix 1 cup coarse white corn meal and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Stir in 1/2 cup boiling water.
Add 1 tablespoon melted lard or butter.
Put 1/4 teaspoon soda in 1/2 cup buttermilk and add to meal mixture.
Form in croquette-like shapes and flatten out on a greased, preheated griddle with the fingers.
Bake in pre-heated oven (450 degrees) until brown on one side. Turn and brown on other side. Makes about 6 small pones. Serve hot with butter.
Green Beans and Ham or Hog Jowl
Place a 2 pound ham hock or 1/2 pound hog jowl in 3 pints of water
Add 1 large onion peeled
1 small piece red pepper pod
Cover and simmer slowly for 1 1/2 hours.
Add 2 pounds green beans
1 teaspoon sugar
salt, if necessary
Cover lightly and simmer slowly, about 2 hours or until beans are tender and most of the liquor has cooked away.
Serve with corn pones.
Recipe for Corn Pone
Mix 1 cup coarse white corn meal and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Stir in 1/2 cup boiling water.
Add 1 tablespoon melted lard or butter.
Put 1/4 teaspoon soda in 1/2 cup buttermilk and add to meal mixture.
Form in croquette-like shapes and flatten out on a greased, preheated griddle with the fingers.
Bake in pre-heated oven (450 degrees) until brown on one side. Turn and brown on other side. Makes about 6 small pones. Serve hot with butter.