When I was still at home we used to grow green beans by the boat load.
We never grew greasy beans but the beans we did grow we caned.
During this most intense time of the year my mom would put on a big granite kettle and cook the beans with some home grown bacon and new potatoes.
That’s all we ate for the day was giant plates of beans and fried farm raised chicken.
As a ((TRUE SOUTHERNER)) I love beans cooked this way.
MY WIFE HATES THEM! She’s from West Texas.
She likes the half raw beans that seem to be the fad these days.
So now I will sometimes put the beans in a kettle and cover it with a lid.
To make things a little more heart friendly I will cook the bacon and drain off the grease.
My wife will then say I’m starting the beans to early and I will say that I’m just getting ready.
I will then put the beans on low and keep and eye on her to make sure she doesn’t see that they are on.
And if she does I will turn them back on.
Then after about 4 or 5 hours when its time to eat, I will tell her that she must have mistakenly turned them on or the cat must have done it.
I will then enjoy my beans.
Of course I will cook a small pot for her the newfangled way so she can have her raw beans.
You don’t stay married for almost 26 years without learning a few tricks to stop arguments.
Especially when your wife is a hot tempered ((RED HEAD))!
That’s what you do with greasy beans.
Worth
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