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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Dec 13, 2018 23:45:12 GMT -5
Is not in this thread, but ol' Hairy has leather Britches hanging in the shed.
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Post by spike on Dec 14, 2018 0:18:48 GMT -5
MR KNUCKLES!! Hugs! How are you doing? And what is that? Looks like green beans?
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Post by ahntjudy on Dec 14, 2018 0:35:12 GMT -5
Hiya Moose...Glad to see ya... So what's up with the green bean mobiles?...That's unique!...
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Dec 14, 2018 1:48:33 GMT -5
ahntjudy, spike, Hi Ya's! I guess Ol' Hairy is getting along ok. Those are indeed green beans. I've been wanting to try Leather Britches ever since reading about them years back. I figured now was as good a time as any so I strung them up. It's an old time method of preserving them.
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Post by carolyn on Dec 14, 2018 8:34:12 GMT -5
I had an old friend do the same for himself and me a few years ago. so, I cooked them up into a pot of ham and beans and offered them up for dinner. what was left I then I canned all up and they are sitting in my cabinet in the basement. I wish you lived closer I would drop them off at your house.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Dec 14, 2018 10:13:11 GMT -5
I've heard of this, but I've never tried it. Hope they turn out well for you. Great to hear from you again, hairymooseknuckles!
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 14, 2018 10:33:46 GMT -5
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Post by september on Dec 14, 2018 10:39:43 GMT -5
carolyn , did you have to soak them in water to reconstitute before cooking with them? How about when you canned them? I'm really interested in knowing how the dried beans are used!
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Dec 14, 2018 10:58:04 GMT -5
Thanks Buddy! I'm like an old mountain goat; ugly, stinky, and tough as all get out. LAUGHING!!!! Well I'll maybe not too stinky as I do bathe occasionally! LAUGHING!!!!!!!
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Dec 14, 2018 11:09:27 GMT -5
carolyn, september, Laura_in_FL, From what I've read you need to cook them for several hours. I really not completely sure though. I first heard about in in "The Foxfire" book series that I read as a teen. Then some years later, we talked about them on the bean forum at garden web. It's been on my list of stuff to do. My wife kinda shook her head, but played along with the goofy old man's idea. We had fun stringing them up. I asked her if we should decorate The Christmas Tree or hang in the shed. HAHAHA!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Dec 14, 2018 15:01:22 GMT -5
Twine some little LED lights down the strand and you're good to go - Christmas garland and food preservation all in one! (Incandescent lights would cook the beans. So you definitely want to go with LED. ) Your wife is going to come to Florida and kill me now, I just know it.
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 14, 2018 16:24:26 GMT -5
hairymooseknuckles, If they were in my shed, they would be FROZEN beans. I wouldn't mind going to Florida!
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Post by carolyn on Dec 15, 2018 8:57:48 GMT -5
carolyn , did you have to soak them in water to reconstitute before cooking with them? How about when you canned them? I'm really interested in knowing how the dried beans are used! its been a couple years, but I think I soaked them in water for a few hours, rinsed them off refilled the pot and then up to a boil, turned it down to a simmer and cooked them through for several hours?. adding the seasonings and ham at the end of the cooking. but it has been a couple years. they were edible. I have them in case of a famine. I could feed them to someone..I just couldn't throw them away after all that work. here is a page I found. savageandsage.com/2014/09/29/so-stinking-easy-leather-britches/
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Post by september on Dec 15, 2018 10:37:09 GMT -5
carolyn, that is a great link! Now I know what to do with my excess green beans next summer!
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Post by brownrexx on Dec 15, 2018 11:40:16 GMT -5
excess green beans next summer! I started growing just one short row of about 15 plants and then starting another row about 2 weeks later. I got tired of having too many beans to pick and we can only eat so many. We do not like them either frozen or canned so we only eat them while in season.
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Post by coppice on Dec 19, 2018 11:09:24 GMT -5
Leather breeches beans predates canning or freezing food. Dried beans should be re-hydrated at a simmer (in chicken stock if you are flush, or water if not) with bacon fat or salt-pork. Take your time, often 3 or more hours at the edge of the solid fuel range.
Fresh black eyed peas in September, leather breaches in February. An ideal home for peppered vinegar.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Dec 19, 2018 12:04:24 GMT -5
I can't wait to hear how your end results turn out! That blog post that carolyn posted is fascinating, but I wonder about anyone who suggests that the pork fat might be an optional addition. I would think that would be a requirement.
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