Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper? Part 2

[ronott1]

Ron, what is your recipe for beans? My grandma made the best ham & beans, but I cannot find a DAISY BUTT in the stores anymore. Not even sure what to use as a replacement.

Beans is something I do not have a recipe for! I just make it. Kind of like stew LOL.

Pre soak a pound of beans. Ham beans like Grandma made was likely with pinto beans but navy or great northern are very good for ham beans
Fry a chopped white onion in olive oil
Add some powdered garlic and 6 cups of water(5 cups in an instant pot)
Add a bit of salt. Salt depends on the piece of pork used
Add a ham hock or ham bone
Black pepper to taste
Green bell pepper if you like it

Bring water to a boil and simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours.(instant pot is about 25 minutes and then wait 10 minutes to release)

Take out the hock(ham bone, smoked pork neck bones, smoked turkey wings all work too)
Cube up leftover ham if you have it and take any meat on the bone and add back to the beans.

What your grandma used was a smoked shoulder butt roast. If you can't find one, try getting a small boneless butt roast and adding some liquid smoke to taste to the beans. That way you would get the nice tender butt roast meat(pulled pork is made from this cut) and the smokey flavor.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We did tri tip for dinner with Seasoned potato wedges and Brussels sprouts
When I make Soups I do them more like a thick stew

 

[wyoDreamer]

@ronott1 Thanks! I talked to my sister and it was a Daisy Smoked Pork Butt Roast and she sliced it thin (~1/4"). It was wrapped and looked like a thick summer sausage in shape, thats how she could slice it like she did. Grandama was cooking for a farmer/butcher and 13 kids.

She used the Great Northern beans, and she soaked and boiled them, then put them in a large pan in 1" layers with onion slices and brown sugar in between, then on top it is a layer of onion, a layer of ham slices and then brown sugar sprinkled on top of that. Then she baked it - turning the ham over once and retopping with brown sugar. It was so good.

 

[ronott1]

@ronott1 Thanks! I talked to my sister and it was a Daisy Smoked Pork Butt Roast and she sliced it thin (~1/4"). It was wrapped and looked like a thick summer sausage in shape, thats how she could slice it like she did. Grandama was cooking for a farmer/butcher and 13 kids.

She used the Great Northern beans, and she soaked and boiled them, then put them in a large pan in 1" layers with onion slices and brown sugar in between, then on top it is a layer of onion, a layer of ham slices and then brown sugar sprinkled on top of that. Then she baked it - turning the ham over once and retopping with brown sugar. It was so good.

That sounds so good!

Was it like a bean version of scalloped potatoes?

You should be able to find a smoked pork butt roast. Do you have any custom butcher places in you area?

 

[BReeder!]

I section up the ham into large chunks for future uses, small diced for eggs/omlettes, and slices for sandwiches. I freeze the smaller stuff on waxed paper on a cookie sheet, then put into zip-lock bags so I can pull out what I want, when I want it. The larger chunks I vacumn seal and freeze. The ham looses water when it defrosts, but it is still tasty, just drain it before using it.

Ham from easter was totally gone in about 3 days between Easter dinner, sandwiches, and a pot of lentils and ham (ham bone went to use there too). It was about a 14lb bone-in ham shank and there's just 2 adults and a toddler eating here.

 

[BReeder!]

@ronott1 Thanks! I talked to my sister and it was a Daisy Smoked Pork Butt Roast and she sliced it thin (~1/4"). It was wrapped and looked like a thick summer sausage in shape, thats how she could slice it like she did. Grandama was cooking for a farmer/butcher and 13 kids.

She used the Great Northern beans, and she soaked and boiled them, then put them in a large pan in 1" layers with onion slices and brown sugar in between, then on top it is a layer of onion, a layer of ham slices and then brown sugar sprinkled on top of that. Then she baked it - turning the ham over once and retopping with brown sugar. It was so good.

I LOVE SMOKED BUTT! It's over priced around here these days, but smoked butt, cabbage and potatoes was a rather common meal in at my grandmother's house when I was a child. There are a lot of memories associated with that piece of meat.

Anybody else have a food or meal that brings back memories?

The other one that comes to mind for me is scrambled eggs with ketchup. My late great grandmother didn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out, but she managed to prepare scrambled eggs for me on a transformers plate with an olive fork (perfect kid size) all the time when I would visit her. I cook scrambled eggs now for my son, and the smell sometimes brings a flood of childhood memories.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Grandmas Baked Beans was my favorite - for our birthday dinner we got to choose what meal we wanted. Mine was always Baked Beans & Ham!
My little sister always wanted spaghetti, but I still think that is because Dad would let us all have a small glass of wine with our meal. I don't like wine, so she would get mine, lol.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have a pork loin roast out for dinner what will be with it ?

 

[sourland]

Memories - my mother's beef stew with a Bisquick crust.

Tonight I made a pot roast, scalloped potatoes, summer squash/onion/tomato ratatouille prefaced by a mozzarella/tomato/Bibb lettuce/balsamic vinagrette salad.

 

[ronott1]

Tonight is Broccoli chicken stir fry