and the countdown to Spring continues at 57 days. It is 10 degrees this morning with a wind chill below zero. I about froze my patootie off just walking the few feet to the laundry room to start a load of clothes.
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patootie definition
interjection
- interjection of disappointment.
- buttocks.
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I love all of my blogging friends! One blogging friend has been a delight for me lately. She is very interested in the differences between the United States and where she lives in Tasmania. She is interested in our culture and the things that we eat. Today she stated in her comment that she didn’t know what our ham and beans dish was. Please stop by and say ‘hi’ to http://whiteangels-thoughts.blogspot.com/
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Below is the recipe I sent to my sister in law when she first married my brother a few years ago. The recipe is from my blogspot recipe blog.
Ham and Beans
You will not believe this and I am still smiling. My new sis in law sent me an email asking me how to fix ham and beans. I thought everyone was born knowing how to do this. Maybe not, so here are the instructions I gave her.
1. Sort through beans and pick out rocks, etc.
2. Rinse beans a couple of times.
3. Pour boiling water over the beans in the pan you are going to cook them in. Cover and let sit for half an hour.
4. Drain beans. Add 1 chopped onion. Cover with water but don’t drown the beans. Add ham bone or bits of ham.
5. Bring to a boil, stir,cover,then turn heat down to simmer and cook till done. Approximately 1 and 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove the bone and put ham from bone back into the beans.
6. Season to taste.
Now get busy and make some corn bread!!
You may use any kind of dried bean you like. Yesterday I used dried baby lima beans and they were delicious I usually use Jiffy Cornbread mix but I do have an easy recipe using corn meal.
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Have a wonderful day! Stay safe and be happy!!
Beth
