Braden Family Cookbook
Chuck Braden
M.O.L.[1]
WHITE BEANS
Betty Faucette[2]
I
wrote this recipe down on a piece of scratch paper after asking Mrs. Faucette
(that’s what I called her before I married her daughter) how she made her
white beans. I think I was
relatively new to Southern cooking and had possibly never had great, simple
white beans before. I am trusting
that you know how to cook beans as this recipe is written exactly as I put in
down (in pencil, no less) on lined
scratch paper:
- “2
cup Grt. N. Beans
-
- soak
w/as much water
-
- 1
½ ham hock
-
- salt
w/1 TSP.
-
- 1
medium onion (yellow)
-
- -
watch & add water if needed after bringing to hard boil
-
- - needs 4 hrs. (bubble)”
The
“Joy of Cooking” has wonderful instructions for cooking simple white beans.
