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derfargin

Lifer
Mar 3, 2014
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Kennesaw, GA
Not sure of the context of the original post. Are you wanting to make some bean and ham soup and need a recipe, or are you just looking for some motivation?

 

huntertrw

Lifer
Jul 23, 2014
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The Lower Forty of Hill Country
The following recipe appeared in the "Huntsville (Alabama) Heritage Cookbook" published in 1967:
"Virginia Simms' Bean Soup - Suggested by Mrs. Paul C. Kelly, Jr.
4 large onions, chopped

2 ribs celery, chopped

3 quarts water

1 carrot, chopped

1 very meaty ham hock

1.5 lbs. dried beans

2 bay leaves

Ground black pepper to taste

0.5 teaspoon thyme

1 tablespoon salt

0.25 teaspoon basil

Several slices salami, cut in bite-size pieces
Lightly saute onions and celery in butter. Add water, carrot and ham hock, also beans which have been soaked about an hour. Add seasonings and cook slowly 4-5 hours. (Can be cooked for 30 minutes in pressure cooker, then simmered to thicken.) Remove ham hock, cut ham into bite-size pieces and return to soup. Add salami. Always serve with pumpernickel bread. This is a meal-in-a-bowl."
It sounds good to me except for the salami and pumpernickel. My alternate take would be to use smoked ham, omit the salami, and substitute cornbread baked (with just a pinch of sugar) in a cast iron skillet. Now THAT'S a meal!

 

crazypipe

Lifer
Sep 23, 2012
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•1 pound dried navy beans

•2 quarts boiling water

•2 large ham hocks or a meaty ham bone

•1/4 cup chopped onion

•1/2 cup chopped celery

•chopped ham or ham from the meaty bone

•salt and pepper to taste (I add a little seasoned salt along with regular)
Prep Time: 0 minutes

Cook Time: 120 minutes

Soak Beans: 180 minutes
Total Time: 300 minutes

Yield: Makes 10 to 12 Servings
Preparation
Wash the navy beans and pick over for small stones and malformed beans. Pour the beans into a large bowl or pot and add 2 quarts of boiling water. Let beans soak for a 2 to 4 hours.*
In a large pot, simmer the ham bone or ham hocks with the beans (and their soaking water) until the beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove bones and chop ham. Add chopped onions and celery. Add enough water to make about 1 gallon. Add the ham meat back to the pot. Taste the broth and add salt and pepper, as needed. Cook about 30 minutes to 1 hour longer.

 

paranoidpiper

Might Stick Around
Feb 16, 2015
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Gotta be real homemade cornbread from corn meal none of that instant crap lol and in a cast iron skillet

 

paranoidpiper

Might Stick Around
Feb 16, 2015
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Also if you cook it long enough on a slow cooker with a ham hock eventually the meat will be fall of the bone and delicious

 
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