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Duncanpup

(12,842 posts)
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:52 PM Feb 2023

I made bacon onions and green beans, it's close though in taste like my grandma would make yet

I’m missing an ingredient I think just by tasting it maybe not any suggestions advice greatly appreciated thanks in advance.

Cook bacon not too crisp dice it up with onion toss in with green beans also i just dump juice and green beans right out of the cans. I let them cook on low for bit salt and pepper it’s close on taste in what I remember.

I’d like to make a huge batch of ham or bacon green beans and potatoes if I can get it right Saturday.
I’m close in trying to recreate a food from my Appalachian childhood.

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I made bacon onions and green beans, it's close though in taste like my grandma would make yet (Original Post) Duncanpup Feb 2023 OP
Liquid Smoke? Kitchen Bouquet Browning & Seasoning Sauce? irisblue Feb 2023 #1
I'd never heard of this. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #5
Liquid Smoke is still around, and they have it in different smokey flavors now! woodsprite Feb 2023 #10
thanks for mentioning Kitchen Bouquet rurallib Feb 2023 #12
I remember Kitchen Bouquet fondly too! 1WorldHope Feb 2023 #20
Yeah, Google says it is at Target & Wally World irisblue Feb 2023 #24
Thanks! nt 1WorldHope Feb 2023 #28
Sounds delic, Dunc! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #2
You mention cooked potatoes... My Mom always added some diced (chunk) potatoes hlthe2b Feb 2023 #3
Diced tomatoes? happybird Feb 2023 #4
It probably tastes different because your grandma used fresh green beans not canned questionseverything Feb 2023 #6
Sounds interesting. Kind of like green bean casserole without the mushroom soup judesedit Feb 2023 #7
garlic? mercuryblues Feb 2023 #8
PEPPER and no salt. i make this every year for Thanksgiving. Trueblue1968 Feb 2023 #9
We Did It With Ham, Sir The Magistrate Feb 2023 #11
Yummy! Quit making me hungry!! NT SWBTATTReg Feb 2023 #13
My former neighbor who was from W. Va. Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 #14
use fresh beans Kali Feb 2023 #15
Yes like soup Duncanpup Feb 2023 #16
Maybe add some chicken broth? Marthe48 Feb 2023 #17
Mushrooms Tammie Feb 2023 #18
Ooh yum Duncanpup Feb 2023 #19
For a little variation Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #21
Hooray for grandma's cooking thatcrowwoman Feb 2023 #22
I use fresh green beans and a bit of diced ham or a ham hock. Plenty of onions. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #23
My grandpa actually taught me how to make "shelly beans" HoosierDebbie Feb 2023 #25
Not bacon but sausage, beans & potato... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #26
Some people... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #27
Thank you Duncanpup Feb 2023 #29
Was that it? 2naSalit Feb 2023 #31
Perfect leighbythesea2 Feb 2023 #30
Pickle juice is a good idea chowmama Feb 2023 #32
Maybe salt pork instead of bacon? trof Feb 2023 #33

irisblue

(32,975 posts)
1. Liquid Smoke? Kitchen Bouquet Browning & Seasoning Sauce?
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:55 PM
Feb 2023

My Mom loved Kitchen Bouquet Browning & Seasoning Sauce, it was a thing in the 60s & 70s

woodsprite

(11,915 posts)
10. Liquid Smoke is still around, and they have it in different smokey flavors now!
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:04 PM
Feb 2023

I always us a few drops in my Salmon Dip. I bought a flavor sampler, so I'll have to hunt down some recipes so I can try them: Hickory, Mesquite, Apple, and Pecan.

The green beans sound delicious! I like green beans, I'm just never happy with how mine turn out - no matter whether I start with canned, frozen, or fresh. I think the best ones I've ever tasted were garlic green beans (garlick longpassers) that we used to make for a yearly high school production/dinner we were involved with, and Red Lobster's green beans. My mom used to do wax beans with bits of ham and potatoes. I haven't had them for eons and the mention of the green beans here just reminded me of them.

rurallib

(62,416 posts)
12. thanks for mentioning Kitchen Bouquet
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:09 PM
Feb 2023

A name from the past that as I recall added a delightful flavor to stews etc. Got to get some.

1WorldHope

(686 posts)
20. I remember Kitchen Bouquet fondly too!
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 07:07 PM
Feb 2023

One of the ingredients, I remember, was parsnips. I like adding parsnips to roasts and soups. Do they still sell it?

hlthe2b

(102,279 posts)
3. You mention cooked potatoes... My Mom always added some diced (chunk) potatoes
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:58 PM
Feb 2023

Bacon, yes, Green Beans, yeah, onions, yeah. Black pepper... Not sure I can think of anything else, but that was how my Mom used to get my sister and me to eat any kind of veggie as a kid. LOL

On edit, I think sometimes she used part bacon and part diced cooked ham if we had some left over.

happybird

(4,608 posts)
4. Diced tomatoes?
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 05:59 PM
Feb 2023

Yum!

Edit: just realized how you are cooking them. I sauté the onion in the bacon fat then add dry green beans and diced tomatoes.

judesedit

(4,438 posts)
7. Sounds interesting. Kind of like green bean casserole without the mushroom soup
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:02 PM
Feb 2023

Cooking in a skillet adds flavor, too. I'm sure it will be yummy with ham and mashed potatoes. You are a good cook. Always trying something different. Let us know how everyone likes it. Cornbread would be good with that, too.

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
11. We Did It With Ham, Sir
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:05 PM
Feb 2023

When I was a kid. Sliced potatoes in the mix, too.

But straight green beans with bacon and onion is ambrosia for the gods....

Diamond_Dog

(32,000 posts)
14. My former neighbor who was from W. Va.
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:18 PM
Feb 2023

Used to cook a hunk of salt pork together with green beans (she liked Kentucky Wonder beans) and then serve corn bread on the side and called it a hillbilly dinner.

I never heard of any of this before. But wow green beans cooked with bacon so delicious.

Good luck Duncanpup !

Kali

(55,008 posts)
15. use fresh beans
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:26 PM
Feb 2023

and when you do the beans and potatoes simmer the ham bone and other scraps in some water or chicken broth before you prep the rest of this. do you make it like soup? that was my mother's way. love this dish. don't forget the ton of fresh chopped raw onion to add to your bowl.

Marthe48

(16,963 posts)
17. Maybe add some chicken broth?
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 06:44 PM
Feb 2023

What brand of beans are you using? My m-i-l used shellie beans, which back then combined cut green beans and mature beans from the pod. I like Hanover green beans. I don't used canned food much any more, but to me the Hanover brand is really good.

Here is a link to shellie beans: https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjcs_qDmar9AhXT7uMHHbs5AtkYABAEGgJ5bQ&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAASJeRokOosvnXsfsmr8wf4oEG-ouFqp27bnXX4ANl2hI5yqoBOWwU&sig=AOD64_0MvGM3sB8imtCkPpQfI4DRB5YGng&ctype=5&q=&ved=2ahUKEwif8_CDmar9AhWflIkEHYisCGwQ9aACKAB6BAgBEA0&adurl=

Good luck!

Tammie

(383 posts)
18. Mushrooms
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 07:01 PM
Feb 2023

In my family we make green beans with onions and mushrooms and probably too much margarine. If going for a one pot meal, we put in chicken liver.

Duncanpup

(12,842 posts)
19. Ooh yum
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 07:05 PM
Feb 2023

I love chicken livers although I’m the only one in the house that does well except my domestic WOOF pack they like them as well and the mushrooms thank you I never thought of using them.

thatcrowwoman

(1,229 posts)
22. Hooray for grandma's cooking
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 07:37 PM
Feb 2023

L’dor vador. From generation to generation.

Mama loved some liquid smoke, but maybe a dash of Worcestershire sauce would suffice? And garlic is good and good for us. I would add cracked black pepper and wouldn’t need any added salt.
Yum. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Duncanpup.
🕊thatcrowwoman

HoosierDebbie

(291 posts)
25. My grandpa actually taught me how to make "shelly beans"
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 08:23 PM
Feb 2023

He used fresh string beans and onion, plus pinto beans. He said the special trick was not to add bacon or bacon grease until after the beans and onion started to boil. I have made them like this since then, more than 30 years ago.

2naSalit

(86,627 posts)
26. Not bacon but sausage, beans & potato...
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 08:54 PM
Feb 2023

Could be similar, never tried the bacon version.

Boil peeled potatoes in water with a Bay leaf (always use a Bay leaf with spuds, you'll taste the difference). Drain and set aside but keep warm.

Brown sausage in a skillet, usually cut into 1/3 - 1 inch pieces. Andouille or brats work with this. Add the onions in time for them to cook and start browning with the sausage. At the end you drain off some of the fat. Add green beans, I usually use fresh or frozen, to potatoes and the sausage/onion mix add salt and a whole bunch of black or mixed pepper. Let sit for an hour then heat to desired temp and serve. A lot of dishes are better if you let them rest a bit before serving.

That might work with bacon.

2naSalit

(86,627 posts)
27. Some people...
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 08:56 PM
Feb 2023

Add a little sweet pickle juice to it for a more German potato salad sort of flavor, especially with bacon.

leighbythesea2

(1,200 posts)
30. Perfect
Wed Feb 22, 2023, 10:14 PM
Feb 2023

Comfort food. My grandma used fresh green beans. But def your ingredients. Been trying some other of grandma dishes too, they were the best. I sometimes add chicken stock.

chowmama

(412 posts)
32. Pickle juice is a good idea
Thu Feb 23, 2023, 01:12 PM
Feb 2023

or at least a splash of vinegar.

If she foraged, she may have used wild onions, giving a stronger flavor. Red onions with a tiny bit of garlic might approximate it, even if she didn't use garlic in her recipe. The kind of bacon might matter too - did they smoke it themselves? Might it have been smokier than we get nowadays, or cured differently?

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