[CH] OT: Help a Yankee cook green beans right

Margo Thompson (Margo.Thompson@uvm.edu)
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:55:18 -0500

Folks,

I'd like to try cooking green beans the right way: for hours, with a 
smoked pork product, until they reduce to their yielding bean 
essence. Trouble is, I'm a Yankee and have never attempted such a 
feat. So my question are: in what approximate ratios are the pork, 
beans, and liquid (and other seasonings?) initially? and how long, 
really, do these get cooked?

To grasp at staying on-topic, I'm planning to make these for 
Christmas dinner, with ham, biscuits (made with lard!), and 
chipotle-mashed sweet potatoes. And pie, some kind of pie.

Please respond off-list if that seems more appropriate.

Many thanks,
Margo
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