How to Make and Cook Leather Britches (Dried Green Beans) in Appalachia
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2022
- Watch this video to see how I made leather britches last summer and cooked up a big pot of them for us to eat last week.
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My mother was born duing the depression era and always strung them up and hung them on the porch, I string them and hang them from the rafters of my barn loft and they turn out just like mothers. I love them they're a constant reminder to me of my mother and the efforts she put into feeding the family.
I LOVE leather britches!!!! My granny always had them. Mom carried on the tradition. Some she dried on screens, the rest we strung whole. I don't have a garden, but buy a bushel every year and string them. I go thru the hull at the end. Lol
“Shuck Beans” and corn bread are my favorite😋. My grandmother dried the “Greasy Beans” to make her shuck beans. We would string them and would also lay them on a sheet under a sun lit window and wrap them up in a clean sheet at night and put them back in the sun until they were completely dry.
The day CZcams invents some kind of "smell-o-vision" for videos we're all in trouble. These look so good!
Most of my family was from southern West Virginia (Hinton and Dunns) and we call them leather britches as well. Everybody pitched in at harvest time. We would string and snap them in half before stringing with a single thread. My grandmother would hang them on the porch until they were mostly dry, then move them to a closet off the kitchen. I don't recall it mattering much whether it was through the bean and hull or just the hull, but that was over 50 years ago now. Thank you so much for sharing all these recipes in your videos; it feels like going home to a place I didn't think I'd get to see again.
We had these when I was young. We knew them as shuck beans. Our home place was the mountains of southeastern Kentucky. Thank you for your videos.
My Gran would put food by in that way..
My family always just canned the green beans in jars. A few yrs ago, I saw a video about leather britches. I made some with the needle and thread hanging to dry method. I will say they were quite edible. They were beautifully shelf stable. The entire process was simple and kinda fun. I must admit tho that the flavor and consistency wasn't really my favorite style of green beans. But as I said, they were fine and fit to eat. I imagine folks could get used to them and truly enjoy them. The old ways are almost always good ways.
I grew up eating "Leather britches" when I was a kid in the mountains of Western North Carolina(57 yrs old now). My Grandma made "leather britches" when she was out of canning jars to can the beans. Was just another way to preserve the beans from the garden to eat later. Brought back good memories. Thank you for you channel. Love the recipes!!! Fried corn? Yep!!! Raised on that too!!!😁😀😊 God bless y'all!!!
My momma used to make shuck beans every year, and she cooked them exactly like you do, Tipper! Mom was from Prestonsberg Kentucky. They are unique, and I may make some this year as there are forecasts of food shortages to come.❤
I rarely comment on videos because I always watch them on my TV. I found your channel several months ago and just had to let you know how much I enjoy it. I have went back and watched most of your other videos. Can't wait until Friday for another chapter of Dorie. I also bought my first Cherokee purple tomato plant today because of your channel. You have a lovely family. Great job on your channel.
Those are our favorite dish during the holidays. I have spent plenty of time with my mom stringing up leather britches. Wonderful memories. Leather britches are a tradition in our family.
I do this every year! Learned it from my great grandmother she was from eastern Ky. She strung hers. I do my on a screen in my attic and then put them in a pillow case in the freezer, they sure are good come thanksgiving and Christmas. I sure have been able to teach others about these precious leather britches!!!
Oh My! one of my favorite foods ,with a hunk of corn bread and an onion. food fit for a king. a lot of memories stringing beans in the summer time.
This sure brings back a lot of fine memories from my childhood. Thanks for sharing!
We call them shuck beans and my mom still dries a couple of messes so we can enjoy at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We love them ! I remember seeing them hanging from string in a small upstairs room at my grandma and grandpa’s house when I was about 6 or 7 years old. Mom and Dad would spread them on old window screens and put them outside during the day and take back them back inside before any dew would fall on them.That’s still how mom does it to this day. She is 84 years old and still grows her own garden. She dries beans, pickles beets and makes sure we have cushaw for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Love all your videos!! Thank you so much for making them and sharing them with us. They remind me of growing up in western West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. Many blessings to you and your family !
I started dehydrating lots of fruits and vegetables a couple of years ago with an electric dehydrator and have been doing some dehydrating over my wood burning stove this winter and plan on trying to do some sun drying this summer.
My Granny used to make dried beans when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s. I still remember that flavor.
I remember the porch being full of strung beans and peppers when I was a teenager. I liked both. We also dried venison for jerky. I wondered if anyone still did this kind of thing.