Cooking Fresh Green Beans Like Granny - in Appalachia

Watch this video to learn the traditional way to cook green beans in Appalachia and throughout much of the south.
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[@helenabasquette7222]

seems there is alot o variations love green baen though

[@jtc2112]

Loving your channel

[@marianyoung3081]

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[@CelebratingAppalachia]

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[@norencenelson8111]

With the shelly beans, lotsa ham chunks, new red "Arsh" taters in the pot, a mess of cukes and onions, sliced tomatoes and cottage cheese, a pan of cornbread and some iced tea: What else is there for a meal? My wife made the first peach pie of the season and we had it with supper tonight. Fresh garden goodies are the best part of summer.

[@pinkrose5796]

Sounds great and I'm hungry! When's dinner:)♥️♥️♥️

[@janevans1821]

So glad to see that I’m not the only one that still cooks her beans to death. lol that’s the only way I’ll eat green beans. I hate the crunchy, bright green ones.

[@johndaniels9957]

Down east, Wayne County NC we cook string beans the same way that you do. I like to season them with a chunk of ham hock. Never add salt until the the ham has had time to cook down and leave its salt behind, or else you're liable to get them too salty. I always cook enough to last three or four days and put the pot of left over beans in the refrigerator for the next day, when I reheat them for the next meal. To me they get better with each passing day. I rarely cook a meal without including a mess of string beans or as we often call them, "snap beans." Almost everyone in this area grows Blue Lake variety beans. Where might I find the varieties you grow?

[@rebaperkins8128]

what time is dinner?

[@jeannettetilley5465]

Ready to come to you house for supper. Yum! Good old home cooking theres nothing like it!!

[@gidget8717]

Stringing bean! Laaaw memories. A sittin' on the porch with a old towel spread on my lap and my old Hickory paring knife. Everybody would get a few handfuls of beans and put them in your lap on the towel and start stringing. We used an enameled bath canner pot to toss the broken pieces in. When you would get down to a pile of strings in your lap, you'd run your fingers through one last time to make sure ya didn't miss a bean, then empty your strings out (we used and old bushel basket for garden scraps) get you some more beans and string some more. The more people the merrier the job! If I was by my self, I liked to sing old hymns. All the cats and dogs would come and sit in the porch with me, I'm not sure if it was the fellowship or they were worried about me. I can't carry a tune even if I had a coal bucket with a handle on it!

[@WVgirl1959]

😂 ❤

[@thomasrice2888]

We still cook our green beans with fatback. My Momma has been gone 17 years now but I still think she cooked them the best! My wife is a great cook and my Momma taught her how to cook. Just hope our children will remember how when we are gone.

[@BonnieLeah]

I come of the southern coal fields of Wv (Logan County) and I now live in upstate South Carolina. I grew up eating garden green beans and they are my favorite next to fresh garden tomatoes. My mom usually put bacon in her beans and she would cook them all day on the stove but she would cook all the water out of them. And sometimes she would scorch the bottom just a bit. Those scorched beans were my FAVORITE!!!! Lol. I know burnt food is usually horrible, but for some reason, I just LOVE scorched green beans, burnt pop corn and slightly burnt wieners and bologna. I sure would love some of my precious mommy’s home cooked garden green beans. She is with Jesus now and I will never get to eat anymore of her cookin. But I would rather her be with Jesus than to be down here cookin for me. Thank you for the video. God loves you and your family. Jesus loves you and your family and died for you all. God bless you all.

[@saraanddarrinmoneer3696]

Thank you Mrs. Tipper, we as a nation are loosing these traditions, you and your family are a true BLESSING

[@adrianguynn5807]

When Daddy's garden came in good in summer I guess we had a big pot of green beans at least once a week. Mama cooked em to death with bacon, a little onion and maybe a garlic clove or two. Often she'd throw in some small red potatoes that she would mash with butter at serving along with a plate of sliced tomatoes and cucumbers and a side of cornbread! My fondest memories of family growing up seem to revolve around food! lol

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I think we all have those memories of food 🙂 Thanks for watching!

[@bethotoole6569]

Green bean and new potatoes! Delicious..!

[@1Mhoram9]

Wonderful. Truly wonderful.

[@susanoswalt1169]

You making me hungry, guess what's for dinner tomorrow 😋

[@ellen4956]

My grandmother cooked them with bacon and it was so good! I think those green beans were more flat, like Italian green beans.

[@johnniewilliams965]

This is the way my mother cooked our beans, but she cooked the water completely out. I live on Sand Mountain, in Alabama, the Appalachian foothills. Love your videos.

[@cms1121]

Same here, my grandma did it that way too. So good! I still make them like that sometimes.

[@friedaposey2268]

I grew up in East Tennesse, and this is exactly how we cooked our beans. While my Dad was living, he grew his own beans, and nothing compares to them now. Sigh. We also had cornbread like yours, but I’ve never been able to make it as good. I really enjoy hearing you talk and watching you cook!

[@cmsmith1973]

I also grew up in East Tennessee (Johnson city & elizabethton) and these are the green beans I grew up on too

[@Franciso-so1bg]

I always say that I like my green beans cooked till they are cooked to death. Makes a tasty dish.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

🙂 That's a good way to put it!

[@kennethrank9489]

You are so my momma! I can hardly believe I get to relive so many memories with you. Since watching your videos, I have brought cornbread (and buttermilk) back into my diet, plus other long forgotten dining goodies. May the LORD prosper you with good health, long life, happiness, and abundance.

[@kennethrank9489]

Within 24 hours of this video I went out and bought a bag of green beans. I prepared them exactly as you described--granny style--adding just bacon. I already had cracklin cornbread in the refrigerator, so I had some cornbread and green beans for lunch. This meal was delicious--Appalachian style! Plus, I now have enough for another meal or two with no prep time involved. I love all your videos, but maybe the cooking ones are the best for me. Thanks for making them.

[@christierella]

I couldn’t agree more, Tipper brings a comfort to my life through her videos. I pray God blesses her physically, mentally, & financially in Jesus’ Holy name.

[@deborahfoster3928]

Same here Kenneth. Watching her is just like watching my Mama and my Grandma cook. It takes me back to my happy childhood, I was very blessed to have an intact family with lots of happy loving Aunts and Uncles and cousins. One Aunt lived in Sherwood TN at the bottom of Sewanee mountain. She lived in a pre-civil war dog trot log house.. Lordy I loved to "go to Aunt Dixie's". They never let us off her porch without adults because they had timber rattlesnakes all over the place. When Aunt Dixie and Uncle John went to the garden, orchard, cellar, barn ... wherever, they had to be constantly alert for rattlers. We'd sit on her porch steps and watch for the train to pass. The tracks were across the 2 lane highway, across large pasture, then against the woods. I can still see and hear that train rolling and whistling along. Such good memories 💗

[@charlibaltimore7641]

Amen!

[@johnnieharper2221]

The secret is in one word. "FRESH" FROM THE GARDEN"

[@pastapants4209]

This is exactly how my nana's beans were. She left Kentucky for California after WWII. I remember her always stringing beans in her chair watching TCM.

[@bradbyers7505]

We had a big mess of green beans with ham for seasoning. My mom brought a big pot of them to our daughter Hannah's birthday dinner. We baked a small hen turkey, roasted fresh asparagus, boiled some corn on the cob, and started with a big tossed salad. Mom also supplied the birthday cake; chocolate (Hannah's favorite). Tomorrow calls for cornbread to go with the leftover green beans.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That's sounds like a real feast Brad 🙂

[@nmelkhunter1]

I just ate about an hour ago and after reading your post, I’m hungry again! 🤠

[@dawnrobbins5877]

Now that's my kind of banquet!

[@maryjowohlgemuth5652]

My friend in Virginia just tried Rattlesnake beans this year in her garden and swears by them. Huge, bountiful crop despite the hot weather and torrential rains.

[@eugenefried5609]

@@maryjowohlgemuth5652 celebrating appalachia !!!

[@foghornleghorn262]

Pole beans with onion and ham hock down here in Bloody Harlan, Kentucky tonight! Love your videos because our kinda cookin' will do you proud every time.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds like good eating 🙂 So glad you enjoy our videos!

[@ohnoyce]

Don’t forget the taters! 🤤

[@bwest-yq3uc]

Makes one feel like going back home.

[@sunflowerlady1810]

Hey, today at church in Ages KY we had the best dinner with green beans, cornbread, chicken and dumplings. Pastor and Sister appreciation day. Just down the road a piece....

[@danadove9469]

My mom is from Harlan, Ky

[@lauraboo1982]

My grandma fixed beans very similar to this. I can remember sitting on her back porch breaking beans overlooking the garden. Such a sweet time. Her favorite beans she called pole beans.

[@rtillery76]

Some of my fondest childhood memories is sitting on the front porch of my TN grandmother stringing and snapping beans. I'm lucky enough to have her bean pan.

[@texasarmor]

When I would spend summers with my Mammaw in Knoxville she would always make me string the beans from her garden... you never had a choice she would sit on her swing and make you come sit by her and tell stories while you did it... I have not thought about it for 40 years thank you for the wonderful memory!!

[@texasarmor]

@@CelebratingAppalachia Her maiden name was Allen and she was was also related to Franklins ...You remind me of all my relations in the Smokeys!!!! I love your videos!!!! please never stop!!

[@michellegilliam2892]

My mamaw always sat on the porch to strung and snap the beans too. She had to be moving so we were either in the swing or her porch glider. She had them in a brown paper bag that she would tear open and lay in her lap and the bowl sitting between us. Those memories are so strong I can feel the bump of the bean and the pull of the string. I sure do miss those beans cooked with salt bacon.

[@karenpino272]

Just watching you string those beans was so relaxing. It brought back fond memories of my childhood. Thank you for sharing this video.❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Your so welcome Karen 🙂

[@leigharolin1739]

I spent many years sitting with my grandmother ‘ma’ breaking beans while watching soap operas. I’m talking bushels of ‘em. Enough to can and feed the entire holler of neighbors/friends.

[@renaeweidman]

I have such fond memories of breaking bushels of Kentucky Wonder green beans from my Granny's garden! We would have such wonderful talks while we broke them and canned them. There is nothing better than fresh canned green beans all year long! I remember when strawberries came in we kids would be sitting on the back porch hulling strawberries waiting on the school bus. We would get to school with red sticky fingers! Such wonderful memories of my time living in Appalachia! Granny would add a dollop of butter to the beans while they were cooking. If they scorched, I loved the browned beans stuck tot he bottom of the pan!

[@donnaatwhimsyhomeaccents3865]

This brought back fond memories of “snapping” beans with my grandmother in WV. We sat in the swing on the back porch. We cook our beans the same way, until they are soft. Thanks for the post!

[@maryol8852]

Same with me, except we snapped beans on the swing on the front porch. My grandma used to plant McCaslans. I guess that's a favorite in WV. She sent me some one year but I had no luck. I think the cold Maine air wasn't suitable. Such good memories and such delicious beans.

[@rharthart9477]

I used to sit on the front porch with (Grand) Ma and others (mostly women - I was young and got left of things sometimes). Ma and the the others would sit in their rocking chairs and talk about things while breaking/stringing beans. I also helped my mom at home with beans and other cooking as well. I can smell and taste them beans (with a ham hock) as I type.

[@carlenespeara1930]

I cooked my green beans.the same way like your..also I season mine with chicken bouillon .little vinegar Bacon grease..delicious

[@carollyngillespie3860]

We cook them really done, too. I fry down bacon, take it out, leaving the grease. Then, I cut up a slew(lots, for the sweetness it lends) of onions, sweat them in the grease, put the beans in, no water as they make a pot liquor. Cover them and cook them on a very, very low flame. They come out sweet and super soft.

[@ericvallandingham5113]

My teen years I grew up in southeastern KY. Everywhere I went there was a pot of green beans cooking. I LOVE green Beans.My mother can make Green Beans with cooking oil that tastes like they have been simmering in a piece of meat all day.

[@brettdman2908]

I sure miss my grandma. Us grandkids would sit out on her porch breaking/stringing beans. We always asked her to write down her recipes, she didnt know measurements, just a pinch of this and a pinch of that. Those greenbeans were exactly like she made em.

[@notatechie]

The more you tell stories about Granny the more I like her.

[@ThatDamnBilly]

Thank you for the "traditional" way. My mother would do them traditional style with smoked ham hocks, and those beans were COOKED! None of this crisp/tender BS. When "new" baby red potatoes were in season, she'd add those to the pot for the last 40 minutes or so. They were small so she'd add them whole or just cut in half. The broth is the best part with come cornbread.

[@t.m.b.1122]

We called them "new potatoes." My parents made them like this often, and oh man...were they delicious! Usually we'd have tomatoes, cucumbers, and green onions from the garden too. I feel like I could eat a whole pot by myself right now! 😆

[@janiceharris5475]

You're right. No crisp green beans. They have to be cooked to death with bacon grease, some ham bits, and either new potatoes or silver queen white corn added Mmm, mmm good eating on a Sunday meal and left overs on Monday.

[@Fg4e]

@@t.m.b.1122 my mom added potatoes like that too! :)

[@RLS-bu4bj]

That was how my gramma made them. Soo good and easy to make and a really affordable meal.

[@ThatDamnBilly]

@@RLS-bu4bj Yup, we'd have it as an entire meal of green beans with whatever smoked meat it had in it, and corn bread.

[@ahoffman1979]

I'm in Knoxville just over the mountains from you, and we have had wonderful success with rattlesnake pole beans. They have such a wonderful flavor and are exceptionally productive for months on end. I use them as stringless beans when picked early, string beans when later, and shellie beans when left on too long -- and all are great. So glad I discovered them by accident when buying seeds from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and decided to try them out.

[@LittlebitofDixie]

White McCaslen pole beans taste fabulous, are almost stringless flat beans and a wonderful benefit is that they taste fantastic as blanched frozen beans. Our grandparents, would cook the frozen ones at Christmas and they tasted like they had just come out of the garden.

[@ahoffman1979]

@@LittlebitofDixie I'll be sure to keep an eye out for that variety; thanks!

[@MySodaTownJournals]

I'm a yankee I suppose, but in the late 70s through mid 80s I grew up in Eastern Kentucky. This is exactly how we grew up fixing a mess of beans. Wed sit on the porch in the evenings breaking beans we had picked from the garden that day. Bags and bags of the ( we called them pokes). I didnt like working in the garden, didnt like breaking beans, blah blah blah! Lol. But, when I got grown, I was so thankful that I had to do those things, because I definitely likes EATING them, and I knew how to grow and prepare them. We even cooked on a wood stove, got our water from a spring, and used an outhouse. It was definitely culture shock for a 'city girl' but I wouldn't trade it for anything! Thanks for sharing this video😘

[@frankscarborough1428]

My mom cooked them like you did. My sister leaves a little crunch. Love them either way. My grandma made salt pork for breakfast. Fried crispy. My mom said she would take a biscuit with salt pork for school lunch sometimes and some of the kids wanted to trade a sandwich for her biscuit. Loved this video

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you enjoyed the video Frank 🙂

[@ItsMefromSnuffys]

And they carried that lunch in a lard pale asa lunch box… my Moma did

[@douglashagedorn7717]

We also cook them until they are very soft almost to the mushy point. with jowl bacon or smoked ham hock, freshly cooked green beans are always amazing.and to me cornbread goes with anything, thank’s ever so much for sharing.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

They are so good 🙂

[@Willowtree82]

And a big glass of buttermilk, yum

[@orthohawk1026]

Both sides of my family are descended from Appalachians and the "soft" version of green beans was passed down; it's all I ever knew. Grandmas and aunts would can tons and serve them all winter long. I don't actually like crispy ones; they taste kind of grassy to me. Dad's family would season the finished pot with a spoonful of bacon grease.

[@mediclimber]

My grandparents lived in the Poconos in PA and we went bean picking every year, ate them cooked just like yours and canned a bunch. Ham and string beans, good old country cooking.

[@keepingourhome7271]

I’m up in Canada, and I like them very soft, also. My mom’s mother, I never knew her, came from Kentucky, so maybe this is a trickle-down taste preference 😁. You present a normalcy, in your day to day living that you’re sharing, and too many young people have never had that, and too many others have left it behind, or forgotten it, I think. Thank you for your videos and messages.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 🙂

[@dottiea.2186]

God bless you being in Canada 🇨🇦 🙏

[@bakerbaggertagger]

I like mine to be done! I prefer stringless bush beans and really like the slender ones but the fuller ones are good. We used to get in trouble for squeezing the sides of the bean and shoot each other with the shellies. We used what we had for seasoning too but really liked smoked sausage in ours+new potatoes. I guess we ended up with a one pot meal. My favorite thing from the garden!

[@sherrismith1520]

Mom always used bacon grease or ham hocks. She always bought fresh hocks. I didn’t even know about smoked hocks until I was about forty years old. Sometimes mom would use a hambone with some of the meat left on it.

[@rld1278]

I just recently learned that smoked sausage, green beans, and potatoes was called Hoosier stew. Who knew? Always delicious. I cooked mine in one of those small metal crock pots.

[@bakerbaggertagger]

@@rld1278 That's funny, I'm from Indiana.

[@colleen1770]

My Grandma had a big garden in her backyard. She only grew strawberries and green beans. My mother and her 3 sisters would help Grandma can her green beans. Fun memories. My cousins and I played under the table while they worked.

[@beanalupines5101]

I grew up in Missouri with my grandparent's huge garden. I always got to help string and snap the beans. My Grandma Effie cooked them with onions, and fatback and pepper till they were soft, and served them with boiled potatoes, cornbread. That's the best way to eat them. Thanks for sharing this.

[@terifarmer5066]

Perfectly Made,

[@karenbuzintx1367]

My grandma called it "snappin beans" or "stringin beans". Either way cook them low and slow all day with some kind of pork. Yum. I also spent a lot of time shelling purple hull peas for her. No matter how many peas I shelled it seemed I looked down in the bag and there were just as many as when I started lol. Our big family called for a big mess. Love your videos. God bless yall.

[@kimnichols1458]

My family called it working the beans. I have such fond memories sittin round the kitchen or porch and working them with my Mamaw,Aunts and cousins.

[@meofcourse2941]

Hi I also was taught by Grandma. We called her Baba. She did what you showed. She used a pound of bacon. And added a can of white sweet corn (juice& all) with smaller chunks of potatoes after the green beans were done. This makes for a hearty bowl to fill your belly... All yummy every time.

[@wesleyluvsoktoberfest]

That’s exactly how I make my green beans. I wash and bring them to a boil whether it’s fresh or dried beans. I know I’m doing it right when you say that’s how Miss Granny does hers. I put ham hocks in mine sometimes too and pick out the meat to add to them. I love leftover beans with cornbread and pot liquor with a bet of hot sauce from the vinegar pickled peppers or a green onion. Yummmm yummmmm watching your video made me hungry. I can’t wait to see your next video. Thanks for keeping the old ways alive before they’re forgotten. Stay safe and be well. 🌞

[@hanscraig1850]

I still can green beans in the same Presto pressure canner my Grandmother bought in 1954.

[@jackrowe5571]

When l was a kid and my Grandmother cooked snap beans, my grandfather and l would separate the green pods from the white shelly beans. Then we would swap out. I'd get all the green parts and he'd get all the white beans. My brother and l did this with the different colors of M&Ms!MS! When we had left over green beans, my Mom would reheat them in the oven, and most times she got busy and forgot them until she smelled them scorching. To this day l do this same thing because l love the taste of the blackened parts!

[@ruthmarini8453]

Green beans come from the freezer section at the grocery store and are lightly steamed so they don’t lose their crunch. I’m definitely a city girl. But you are such a good teacher that I watch every video. Especially the garden and the cooking. Home grown and home cooked is a lot of work!

[@lynnebohman]

I also grew up eating and loving green beans cooked this way. My grandmother always used fatback and my mom used bacon. Every once in a while they'd throw in a few new potatoes. Yum! It took me a long time to enjoy a crispy green bean but I prefer to eat them the way I grew up. I really enjoy your channel! Thanks so much!

[@Shar53-xg6hg]

This is just the way we did beans when I was a little girl. We’d sit on the back porch with a big bushel basket and we had a big pot and a bowl. We used salt pork. Granddaddy started them in the morning and simmer all day and oh did they smell good. One of my favorite vegetables outta the garden.

[@amitchell9820]

My mom and mama cooked them like this too, sometimes they would use ham hock. They would also add potatoes and onions when the beans were close to getting done. We we would have it with cornbread and picked beets. Some of the best meals I’ve ever eaten.

[@1Mhoram9]

I just love cooking whole beets pulled fresh from the garden in ten minutes in my instant pot. After letting them cool a bit I then peel off the skins and cut them up. They keep well in the refrigerator for about a week. That is they keep if we don’t eat them right away which we usually do.

[@amitchell9820]

@@1Mhoram9 I have to have mine pickled or they taste like dirt😊

[@maryf3219]

I bring them to a hard boil, drain and rinse, to get the 'green' out of them. My mother-in-law taught me this. My mother broke them up like you did. My MIL said once or twice, no more than that. I guess it's a personal preference. I also love to add left over corn in my beans.

[@jasonc3522]

Granny liked to have 2 beans in each break.

[@kevindevine5102]

this is the first time I heard of stringing beans. when I started my garden years ago I had a pole bean that produced like crazy but my wife didn't like them because of the string I never knew to remove. I grew bush beans and they didn't seem to have any strings. thank you so much. I really feel foolish.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

No reason to feel foolish at all! I'm learning stuff everyday that I feel like I should have known-we're all learning as we live 🙂

[@karenharris1846]

This brings back so many happy memories! God bless you!

[@coloradomtnbrew]

I grew up with the same type of green beans cooked by my Mom out here in Colorado. I still love them that way.

[@GroktheStranger]

Thank you again for all you do. This video in particular stirred up a lot of memories of my childhood. My grandmother always had green beans like this and we would all sit around and string and snap the beans. The joke of Granny saying she doesn’t mind you’re girls leaving strings reminded me of something my Grandmother would’ve said. Thank you. Great content ma’am, God bless you and your family!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So glad you enjoyed the video 🙂 Glad you've got those good memories!

[@krissynurse]

I'm from Western North Carolina too, and I definitely grew up eating my green beans cooked like this! Delicious!!

[@bugsy8734]

Some of my Fondest Memories are of helping my Mom and Grandma gathering Green Beans from the Garden. Thank You for Bringing Back those Good Memories for me. God Bless. ☺

[@jameswilliams313]

This makes me miss my grandparents and great-grandparents and a true Sunday family dinner.

[@MelloJel312]

I didn’t grow up eating beans like this but I love them whenever I can get my hands on them! Looking forward to just making them myself now.

[@1117cheryl]

This ol’ Tennessee girl likes them just like you cooked them!! Perfect!

[@phyllisalexander7644]

Tipper, My maternal grandmas 👵 ❤ would cook her white half runners almost all day long in an iron pot which she would set down in the burner of her wood stove. She would also add a piece of fat back. My late husband accused me of being " picky " about stringing green beans. I don't like the strings in my mouth when I'm eating them. When I was canning beans I always enjoyed the stringing and breaking process because that process was very therapeutic 😌 for me. My entire family loved " shelly" beans, the more the better. Again, Tipper, many fond memories. I've never eaten rattlesnake beans or greasy back beans either. We grew up growing and eating mountain white half runners. Thank you! Jeri Whittaker 7/27/2021

[@ammie8659]

This is how my grandmother and great grandmother made them. They are yummy. I miss sitting around with my grandma shelling nuts at Christmas time, doing green beans, hulling strawberries, husking corn, etc. Such good memories.

[@KatInTheNorth]

I’ve had green beans prepared that way before, by an elderly woman from Kentucky and they were the best green beans I’ve ever had! Thank you for sharing! I like my green beans soft and I usually boil or steam them. Ours are almost ready to “can” 🙂

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Granny has canned 2 runs but I've not got quite enough yet 🙂

[@KatInTheNorth]

@@CelebratingAppalachia it won’t be long now. We have the Rattlesnake Beans climbing pretty good right now and the Bush Beans are closer to being harvested. Have a great week! ❤️🙏🏼❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@KatInTheNorth Hope you have a great week too 🙂

[@dawnrobbins5877]

One of my favorite meals. My Mamaw had to get every string off, so that's how I do it. These days I use frozen green beans, which is best when you can't grow your own. Shelley beans are great too. Always have a ham shank or hock to add to the pot. Great video! Young people who were not fortunate to be raised in Appalachia should archive your recipes.

[@olddoggeleventy2718]

My grandparents always grew Kentucky Wonders. I would help pick, snap, and destring. Grandma fixed them up in a big pot with a little bacon grease. There would always be pepper sauce on the table. Grandpa would always dowse his beans with it. Green Bean memories...lol

[@AndreaBrittonsixxace74]

I grew up in Germany and my grandmother would cook them soft as well, and she would add savory herb to the beans while they were cooking. Which we actually call Bohnenkraut= bean herb.

[@48Brittania]

My Mama always cooked green beans in the pressure cooker, and they always came out soft. When she had it, she used salt pork for seasoning, but she called it side meat like you do. Loved my Mama's cooking, and passed it on to my kids. :-)

[@og4409]

Some great memories of all of us sitting on the porch breaking beans. Laughing and cutting up. The stories about the “old days”. Mama would let us pick what we wanted for supper on our birthdays. My choice was always green beans, red potatoes and ham meat. And sweet cornbread. Still my favorite meal. Thank you for reminding me of those times.

[@domingue4god]

Thank you so much for showing me this. I had no idea you had to remove the strings! No wonder my beans were so stringy!!!

[@jakelynefinan8614]

Stringing green beans is one of the fondest memories I have of my Mamaw when she had a garden when we would visit her in the summer time. That and feeding the bees with her grape jelly out of our hand.

[@dianejohanson98]

I remember helping my Momma get fresh green beans ready to cook. She also loved purple hulled peas too. We did bushels of them. Snapped beans for cooking and canning. Brings back so many memories! Thank you for sharing. Love that snapping sound! I miss my Mom so much!

[@ndnpony]

I am still amazed at how closely your traditions and the traditions I grew up with mirror each other. Like the processing of corn after harvest, the "stringing" and "snapping" of pole beans were always the beginning of a weekend filled with laughter and closeness with uncles, aunts, cousins and mom and sister at grandpa's. Fish being fried or meat BBQ'ing, taking turns turning the handle of the ice cream maker, smelling the fruit pies as grandma placed them on the washer and dryer to cool, I remember even as a very young child stopping to listen to all of the sounds a love-filled family made. and knowing how lucky I was. I remember wishing I could stay there in that time and keep time from moving on. I still cook my beans by cooking garden grown onions in bacon grease, adding whatever garden peppers were the sweetest, throwing the shredded bacon back in the pot with the onions & peppers when they were soft, and adding the beans. Everything frying slowly while being stirred with the flavors marrying in the bacon grease. When you start smelling the beans (about 5-8 minutes) you add the water or chicken broth (if fried chicken happened to be the main dish that Sunday). Opening my eyes just now I'm back in my living room smelling the greasy and rattlesnake beans as they cook slowly with the hint of cornbread. Again, thank you all for reminding me I'm never really alone. And when my days are done, I'll close my eyes one last time and begin to hear the sounds a love-filled family makes! God bless you all!

[@karenbrewer5864]

I love fresh green beans. I also do like Granny and bring them to a boil, then pour that off and add fresh water. You had a feast there in my eyes. 😊

[@conniebyrd3232]

I grew up eating them like y'all did. I loved the story of how your mom was with your girls and that she was sending them home with you. That gave me a good laugh

[@judyspencer4998]

I grew up on green beans and I love them. My parents always had a garden and they grew half runners. Nothing is better than green beans, cornbread, with a slice of onion and tomatoes. That is a great meal to me. So many of the things you show remind me of our family and growing up. Thank you so much.

[@douglaslett7504]

My late father always loved half runners and Kentucky wonder beans. Also shelly beans.

[@sherrismith1520]

We always cooked potatoes with our green beans, too.

[@sherrismith1520]

Oh yeah, I meant to tell you we’re from Kentucky.

[@buffiecar]

My Grandma and Mom always cooked them until they were soft and with bacon. So good!

[@debbieepperly3821]

This brought back fond memories of helping mama & daddy pick beans from the garden. My oldest sister, who was 17 when I was born, would help too. We'd end up with at least a bushel basket to string & snap! We'd all sit on the front porch & laugh & talk while we worked, so it didn't really seem like work! Mama would save a mess for supper, but the rest was prepared for canning. She would rinse them just like you do, then add ham hock or fat back! Every now & then she'd use bacon & sometimes she'd add some new taters to the pot. She always cooked em til they were soft...can't stand a crunchy bean! She did pinto beans the same way, cooking with fat back. Her's were always so good & I hate to say I was never able to fix pintos like mama. Oh, such good memories y'all keep bringing up for me! Many blessings to y'all from VA!

[@profdg7945]

This is how my grandmother made them. We would pick them in the garden, prepare them and she would cook them for a couple hours with some form of pork. She sometimes put potatoes in the pot with the beans and that was my favorite. Thanks for your video. It brought back memories.

[@angelh1608]

My grandmother recently passed from dementia and I recognized these beans. I didn’t know what kind they were until now. I spent many hours doing this with her. Thank you for bringing back so many wonderful childhood memories!

[@alphacharlietango969]

Tipper we made blackberry jam yesterday! Thank you for all of your inspiration.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That's so great!! 🙂

[@user-zu8vq3mp6e]

green beans like mom and granny made I loved them so much. I remember lot of times when they would have them with meat loaf , cornbread , homemade coleslaw and mashed potatoes, and that was my favorite meal other than soup beans , cornbread, and fried taters with a piece of onion

[@Criterion515]

This is how I grew up eating beans. With some kind of meat flavoring the pot and potatoes in there. Then some nice slices of super tasty tomatoes and cornbread crumbled and mixed in.

[@gloriaanctil5269]

I love them soft also! I was raised in new Hampshire and my mom taught us to cook them with good ole salt pork. We always had beans in the garden, plus my dad grew wax beans, which are delicious also, and mom would cook them together, love your page!!

[@cookielady7662]

Those look delicious. We're getting green beans from our garden right now. I cook them a long time, too. Usually I season them with bacon, salt, pepper, and sometimes a little bit of onion. Enjoyed the video. ~ Betty

[@justinekeesee6495]

I grew up in Washington state, far from Appalachia and always had my green beans soft! Now as an adult I live in the Appalachian area and I its so exciting to find out that the way I love green beans most is the way that is most classic in the area I now call home!

[@reconstructinglove]

My favorite memories of late summer are helping my grandma pick and string half runners for canning. She did them exactly as you do! I could almost smell them as I watched. Thank you for the sweet reminder of precious times I will always cherish!

[@paulosborne3216]

The best part of visiting Mamaw and Papaw's home was a big helping of green beans waiting for you when you arrived. I can't wait to give this a try for myself. I'd love to see you make some soup beans as well. Those were my second favorite meal that Mamaw would cook.

[@granniefromky]

They look delicious! That’s how I always made them, and sometimes cooked small new potatoes with them.

[@roxannajohnson6666]

Love green beans! For years I would only eat green beans that my Gran canned from her garden. When she got to be unable to have a garden I had to learn to cook my green beans myself. I cook them just like you do, and of course I have to have the cornbread!

[@williamgood5547]

We eat our green beans cook down too. My Granny taught me how to cook green beans that way, she called it "cooking down". She would put some potatoes and young squash on top about 30 mins before they were done. We grow rattlesnake beans down here in the low country of South Carolina they grow very good in hot weather.

[@elofamily7241]

Mmm, our beans are just starting to come in strong, this is good inspiration. I honestly love green beans so much that I'll eat them in any form or fashion, ha! I just had pickled green beans for the first time and oh my LANDS, they were good. Totally different from the traditional.

[@colleenphillips6103]

Yes, my mom always cooked her greenbeans this way. So good.

[@klrcorbin1]

I grew up in Kentucky and we cook our green beans just like you. Oh so so good!

[@rebeccadavis6812]

Recently, going through all the cards my mother kept, I came across a thinking of you card she had gotten back from her mother after Grandma had passed on. She had written to Grandma saying "...I've been busy freezing peas, and 'shelly' beans...". I had forgotten about that term 'shelly beans' until hearing you speak of them in another video(s) and then I found this note she had written to her mother. That was neat to read and remember something that I had forgotten Mama/family speak of too. Thank you for reminding people of these things from days gone by.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that 😀

[@invisible.fatman]

I love your pots, I have a similar set I use daily. They were my grandma's. Well-cooked and seasoned green beans are one of my favorites. I tend to use a ham bone or soup bone in mine. I don't really bother with any but the biggest strings - just more fiber.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

That pot is an old one too 🙂

[@kathya739]

Same. My first real set from Wally World back in the day. Finally retired them, but still great for the price.

[@OldWaysGardeningandPrepping]

Definitely love the green beans cooked soft with smoked hog jowl or ham hocks. Don't drain mine after cooking them for a few minutes cause most of the nutrients go down the drain. Have to have hot buttered cornbread or hoecakes with them. Usually also with fried chicken and cream potatoes and gravy as well. Great video as always. Take care and have a blessed day. ❤️🍀

[@dwhitman3092]

I "drop back often" and am always reminded of my Grandma's dinner table! Thank You for that! 😊

[@grayciesmom5807]

I can remember my mother and grandmother sometimes putting potatoes on top of the beans or whole okra.

[@BrianGay57]

This was fun to watch. I’m from Kentucky and my dad was from a little coal mining town. My mom was from Puerto Rico (he met her while in the Navy). Anyway, she learned how to make a few of his Appalachian food favorites along with the foods she grew up with in Puerto Rica. She was basically making my grandmother’s recipes and I still do mine the same way. I snapped beans as a child, and have fond memories of it. I was surprised that you never mentioned Kentucky Wonder pole beans! That is all my grandfather and my dad ever planted, and they are even available here in Houston in cans from Allens. We always cooked them very well. To my taste buds, the flavor is quite different when they are well cooked. At some point the flavor changes, and mellows out. Sometimes mom would even use a pressure cooker to make them. One big difference is that ours always had chunks of potatoes and plenty of meat (if we could afford it). It’s after midnight and I’m craving pole beans!

[@carlabridgesmason3529]

We love those Kentucky wonder pole beans too!

[@ramonahierholzer3163]

Yes, my favorite way to have them cooked. 👍Loving your beach tan. Thank you once again. Are you considering making a cookbook? I want to be first in line to buy one! 🙏❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Romona 🙂 I've been working on a small eCookbook hopefully I can share it soon 🙂

[@lindasmith6654]

From Alabama and that is the way we cooked them while I was growing up and I still perfer them that way to this day. So good. Nothing like fresh from the garden green beans with corn bread. Yum.

[@dennismona9578]

Hello 👋 Linda How are you doing today ?

[@deborahcrick7859]

I grew up eating beans that way.With cornbread and the fresh tomato’s and cucumbers.That was a feast.God Bless!

[@zita-lein]

Actually, my mom would cook green beans with a strip of bacon. She was California born and bred, so I don’t know where she learned it. Maybe her mother. I love this show. Am binge-watching while in bed sick.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you're enjoying the videos-but so sorry your sick 🙂

[@jcrefasi1]

Hi Laura-Leigh Sorry you are ill. Hope you will be feeling better soon❤

[@janiceharris5475]

I hope you get to feeling better soon my dear. Sending prayers and love from North Carolina

[@MrCorvettegirl2]

Hi Tipper Looks delicious We’d string green beans for Mamaw on the front porch when we visited and for momma too Yes this is how our people made green beans also 😋 We usually use fatback & cook them a long time Another way is on top of the stove in a cast iron until we’ll done until broth is gone & with some onion too 👍 That way if you weren’t making as much ! Always with a pan of cornbread One of our favorite side dishes Or a bowl with cornbread suited me just fine . My nephew Shane always ask for them at our family gathering ❤️ Thanks so much Take care

[@kathybruce100]

Granny has quite the sense of humor😀! I love the sound of that quick snap when breaking beans. Cant say I like bean strings in my mouth. Thank you Tipper. You are amazing at sharing.