Beans--Soup Beans Jerry Crockpot

Soup Beans–Jerry Crockpot

4:00 p.m.  

Start Use a large 6 Qt Crockpot

1 pkg dried mixed beans

1 pkg of center cut country ham biscuit slices or one slice center cut country ham

Wash and look beans

Fill Crockpot [CP] 1/3 full

Add Water to 1.5" from top. [I usually boil filtered water but that’s not necessary]

Put on lid and let sit 6 hours at least.   [See alternative below]

10:00 p.m.

Add country ham piece/pieces.  Not too much ham but enough to season.

Turn on high Cover

11:00 p.m.

Stir one time and turn CP to low.  Cover

Leave till next morning.

Next morning

Turn off and unplug.  You may want to take a large spoon and mash some of the beans.  Keep covered.

One Hour before nearing time to serve

Plug back in.  Turn on high, again mashing some beans to enrich the broth.  Keep covered.

After one hour turn to low until time to serve.

Cornbread is a necessity for this dish as well as onions for those who like onions.

Alternative: Sometime before noon on the day you are planning to serve, you can place the beans in the crock pot with seasoning meat.  In a separate kettle, bring enough water to rolling boil to cover the beans and fill the CP 3/4's full.  When boiling, carefully pour the boiling water over the beans and meat in the crockpot.  Let sit for one hour.  Turn the CP on high and cook for several hours.  After about 4 hours,  you can begin to mash some beans.  This will let you know if they are softening.  At this point,  you can turn the CP down to low or keep on cooking on high until ready.  About 1 to 1/2 hour before serving, turn CP off to let the beans cool.

Black-Eyed Pea Cakes

Black-Eyed Pea Cakes
1 Small Onion, chopped
1 T olive oil
2 (15.5 ounce) cans black-eyed peas
1 (8 ounce) container chive and onion flavored cream cheese, softened
1 Egg
½ t Salt
1 t hot sauce
1 (8 ounce) hush puppy mix with onion
Additional olive oil
Toppings: sour cream and green tomato relish.
1. Saute onion in 1 T hot oil in a large skillet over medium high heat until tender.
2. Process onion, 1 can of peas, and next 4 ingredients–cream cheese, egg, salt, hot sauce–in a blender or food processor until mixture is smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Stir in hush puppy mix, and gently fold in remaining can of peas.
3. Shape mixture by 2 T into 3-inch patties, and place on a wax paper-lined baking sheet. Cover and chill 1 hour.
4. Cook patties in batches in 3 T hot oil, adding oil as needed, in a large skillet over medium heat for 1 ½ minutes on each side or until patties are golden brown. Drain patties on paper towels, and keep them warm. Swerve with desired toppings.
Can add chopped red pepper as well if you like.
From Southern Living. I don’t know if this is the recipe I had but they are good to eat!

Beans - Shuck

Beans - Shuck
Select a string or package of dried green beans called Shuck Beans or Leather Breeches"
Sort beans for any dirt or bad looking spots–black, soft or moldy
Rinse beans.
In a crockpot, place beans and water to about 1 to 1 ½ inch from the top.
Soak overnight.
Next morning, add country ham, cut in pieces.
Do not rinse, using the same water cook in crock pot with lid on using low heat setting until water is gone–about 12 hours. But check hourly after about 8 hours.