"bigwheel" > wrote in message
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> Brooklyn1;1803709 Wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>> 'Cook's Thesaurus: Fresh Beans'
>> (http://www.foodsubs.com/Shellbeans.html)
>
> Not familiar with the Shellbean terminology..but..was raised on fresh
> pintos and snaps. Seems like the Game plan is use the more mature pods
> for the bean part..discarding the hulls and use the younger more tender
> of the bunch broken up as the snaps. Boiled up with a little bacon or
> smoked pork hocks. Makes a home canned product that is excellent. In
> fact yall are making me hongry here..lol. Black eyed peas work the same
> way. Sure as was previously mentioned any bean can be eat like that but
> peas and pintos seems to be all we tried. Glory makes an canned
> commercial version of Soul inspired Field Peas with Snaps..which is very
> good if you ever see it at the store.

That's the one that I tried but I didn't care for it too much. The
proportions were off.