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From: Loretta W <>
Subject: Re: [KyLeg] Greasy Beans
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 12:30:10 -0800
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Gene,
The only thing I know about greasy beans ,they are green beans and very small and
greasy looking. I know people pay a high price for them. My mother would buy all
she could find I never asked her why..I am going to call her today and I will ask
her and see what she tells me...
Loretta

wrote:

> Mary,
>
> Red beans and salt pork sounds good to me. I ate a lot of beans while growing
> up in the hills. Pintos, navy, lima, kidney, butter and different varieties of
> green beans. Almost all was cooked with what is now known as "salt pork" or a
> ham hock. My granny strung beans on sewing thread and dried them on the back
> porch, then would put them in an old pillow case for use during the winter
> months. We called them "leather britches". Had to soak them in water for a
> whole day to get them ready to cook with a hunk of "salt pork". Sure were good!
>
> I still would like to know what "greasy beans" are. Someone out there surely
> must know.
>
> Gene B.

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