Beans and Cornbread - Old Fashioned - Southern Cooking

[@tammyrexroad8020]

Wash the beans,get any rocks out. Soak overnight. Drain next morning cover with plenty of water put on to cook with a piece of fat back,let cook all day and that’s starting them early in the morning until dinner. I start my pot on high bring to a boil then turn it down,simmer all day. They are so ,so tender. I use my bean pot that was passed onto me from my grandmother. That was my fathers favorite. I was blessed to make him a pot that he wanted and I promised him I would . He passed away 5 days later. He enjoyed two small bowls made my heart so happy I was able to make those for him. ❤️🙏🏻❤️

[@laineyboy]

That's the way I know as well. Good food Great memories .

[@azchick7938]

My mom made this all the time. My mamaw, her mom, did as well. It’s so delicious. ❤️❤️❤️ I see what I’ve been doing wrong though. #1- adding salt for same day. #2- making for same day. Now I know! Thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️ you cook with love. It shows in your cooking. I’m 65 now and I have no family to cook for and it’s not as much fun and quite honestly, makes me a little sad, 😢. I remember my mamaw in the kitchen in her 80s and her joy was cooking for us. Looking back and how I feel at 65, I don’t know how she did it, had to be running on pure love. Oh the good ol’ days……😢😢😢😢😢

[@juliabrown9768]

I know just how you feel. It's nice cooking for people you love, especially men. They're so appreciative.

[@Harl-pic]

That’s the way I do butter beans but with bacon in it the next day.

[@anakelly76512]

@@Harl-pic 😋 I love the big butter beans. We put in a ham hock, fat back or bacon. I love putting garlic powder, chopped onion and crushed saltines in mine. You know, to sop the bean broth. 🤤 Sometimes, I'd crumble in cornbread. I have 1 lb. of butter beans right now. I might have to make some tomorrow.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@Harl-pic Yummy!!!

[@lorigibson9189]

I remember those good Ole days , that's why I love watching Tamy

[@icecreamladydriver1606]

My dad spent some time in the the south many years ago. He taught my mom to make beans and cornbread. Still one of my favorite meals and I am 68 years old.

[@shawnsmith5028]

My grandpa taught my grandma how to smoke. I don't know how she learned to make her cornbread.

[@icecreamladydriver1606]

@@shawnsmith5028 Sorry to hear that.

[@michellelightlovereiki838]

I grew up on this food. My grandmother was the very best cook. I feel food safe if I got beans and cornmeal. I would love to smell this again. Merry CHRISTmas to all. Baier hugs

[@kimberlyjillett586]

I did too!!!!! Still cook like this

[@donkemp8151]

My Dad was the Chief Cook and Bottle Washer in our home. A favorite meal was Pinto Beans, Salmon Patties, Cheese Sticks, Carrot Curls, Cornbread, and Sweet Tea..all homemade from scratch.

[@anakelly76512]

🤤 Yes! We can make a meal out of them, too. We LOVE beans with ham hock, fat back or bacon, rice, cornbread, sliced onions, sliced tomatoes and sweet iced tea with lemon. A peach cobbler for dessert. 😋

[@joycebland8259]

Hi Tammy, it's Joyce from Monroe ga. I grew up on this as well but my mom always put hamhock in her beans. Big big pot so she could feed the nine, yep 9 of us. I'd make a meal out of red beans with ham hock, cornbread and creamed corn. YUM! The best meal. Thanks for sharing this with us. 🤗

[@pegsmith1110]

I moved to southeast Kentucky and this Yankee was introduced to "soup beans.". Love them with a side of raw onion and greens!! Delicious!

[@bettyperrin4251]

Don't forget the cornbread!!

[@nancysmith6685]

I love the greens with them. I tried many times to eat them with green onions fresh from the garden like my husband loved, but as much as I tried, I just couldn't hack the onion! I dud learn to love something his mother loved. A fresh cayenne green pepper. She would cut one up and put on a saucer and then use pieces of hot buttered cornbread to pick up pieces of the pepper. So good!

[@ja-wp8hj]

Cringey to call yourself a "yankee" considering its used as a derogatory term for non-southerners. Also beans and cornbread is hardly a "southern" food as this video seems to imply. Beans used as a stew was a staple food of the American frontier West by settlers, ranchers, cowboys, outlaws etc. The dish was largely influenced by Spanish/Mexican cuisine at the time and was favored as dried beans were inexpensive, easy to prepare, and had a long shelf life. Anyone living in the American "west" or sometimes called the mountain west would have prepared this dish. "Southerners" really will try and claim everything as their heritage. She should edit this video to clarify this isn't a "Southern" dish but rather a dish popular in many regions that she a Southerner just happens to enjoy.

[@bobbi2235]

I love corn bread and pinto beans, been eating them all my life.

[@wilmalugar4502]

I was raised on pinto beans and cornbread. My kids prefer northern and cornbread. My mom would use her bacon grease to them with salt and a little bit of sugar. Yummy!!!!

[@bobcurry5784]

I add about a teaspoon of baking soda to my overnight soaking water to help 'de-gas' them. By morning the water is greenish. The soda pulls out the excessive element that is the offender. The beans are swollen up plump ready for a rinse and cooking. They are always delicious with cornbread and a slice of onion served with sweet tea or cold glass of milk.

[@michaelmerck7576]

That does help

[@Er-sv5tn]

My mom did this and boiled them for about 10 minutes pouring off that water. She said it was the skins that gave the greenish hue and that's where the farts were.

[@jenntenn7468]

I am a 26 year old mother of 4 and I have lived in the South my entire life. My mother was raised in the Middle East and my dad is from California, so we did not eat southern cooking when I was coming up, unless we went to a potluck or something 😁 So glad I found your channel and thank you for sharing your arsenal of wisdom!! It has helped me tremendously

[@penniecurrie2424]

Ms Tammy I like trying new things l made pintos last night and I had a can of enchilada sauce trial and error it was delicious and about a month ago I did some pinto's and put mild salsa they tasted like Bojangles pinto's keep it coming tammy you r a good cook

[@readytogo3186]

We're all so different in how we cook, that we could each one start our own cooking channel! Thank the Lord for all the differences! Love pinto beans and cornbread! Was raised on that.

[@melm9487]

My favorite meal of all-time! We grew up eating cornbread and beans, potato soup, vegetable soup with (depending on Daddy’s income and Mom’s garden and her imagination!) sausage and/or elbow macaroni, homemade Mac and cheese with home canned tomatoes, chicken liver and onions, and of course homemade biscuits. Mom could always whip up the best meals out of thin air. I still marvel at the memories of her, my grandmas’ and aunts’ great cooking abilities…and wonder why I can barely hard boil an egg!!!😂 I just found your channel and already feel like I’m home at the kitchen table❤ I can’t wait to see what else you make! Happy holidays🎄☃️🎄

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Well you will be cooking like mama if you keep watching! Merry Christmas 🎄

[@sandywilson1184]

One of my fav meals. I've always heated the skillet up before adding the cornbread batter. This makes the best crust.

[@aprilthompson3041]

There is absolutely nothing better than pinto beans and cornbread 🤗

[@tarheeltrue4484]

Cornbread… the baguette of the South! Have a wonderful Christmas and bless you for cooking like mama did. Just need a little chow chow. Yum!

[@judyabernathy80]

You sure can tell who all the southerners are in these posts! 😊 We all were raised on cornbread and pinto beans. We were all blessed!! ♥️🙏🏼🎄

[@adamrenissance3322]

My wife and I have beans and cornbread at least once a month. I typically cook a pound at a time and that will last us 3 days.

[@dextersmithbsee]

I looove your cornbread recipe!! That is the way grandma and mama made their cornbread. That cornbread is fabulous. No added sugar of Jiffy mess. But, I like to boil a hamhock and put soaked beans in with the hamhock to cook. Hamhock adds such a nice flavor to any beans including string beans. Your beans look delicious, I just like that hamhock or a piece of smoked ham in the beans.

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Thanks so much

[@shirleylaboy603]

Hi Tammy and Chris I made a huge pot for Thanksgiving and froze the leftover to have for Christmas. My family loves beans and cornbread. Thanks for sharing your recipes. 🙂❤️

[@ladivamp]

I grew up on this as well. This is one of my fav dinners and it brings back warm memories. My great gma made this every time we went to her house. Thank you for sharing! ❤

[@judypatrick42]

My Momma Used Ham Bone Or Fat Back In Her Beans. She Used Lard Or Bacon Grease, Buttermilk In Her Cornbread. Ain't Nothing No Better Than Pinto Beans, Cornbread,Sweet Tea, A Hunk Of Onion.... Momma Loved Buttermilk, Cornbread, Onion For Supper.....

[@MrsB197something]

This looks amazing and thank you now I will finally try to make my own and I will do my best to make my grandma proud since I've been missing her this year so badly. Thank you

[@grrriallen7192]

I make my beans the day of and have never soaked them. Never had a problem of any sort with or without salt. A far as I know my mother, grandmother and great grandmother never soaked them or withheld the salt during the cooking time.

[@SKC193]

Yes! It looks good!! I love beans, fried taters & cornbread! My aunt made the best but I lost touch with her after I was old enough to have my own family to cook for.

[@tammyrexroad8020]

I love pinto’s. I wash mine a few times , then I place them in a large bowl cover with water . I let them soak over night , dump them in a pot in the morning salt them a wee bit throw a pice of bacon in them place them on the stove bring them to a boil for about ten minutes. Then I simmer them alllllllll day. They turn out so tender & yummy. That’s how my granny made them. I even have her old fashion waterless cookware pot she used just for her pinto’s ❤. Your method with the bouillon flavors sounds really good.

[@joannhutchinson3030]

My dad made this except he made the cornbread from scratch with stone ground all purpose cornmeal and I do it the same way till this day

[@donnatraylor4578]

At least once a week we have beans, greens, iron skillet corn bread and a slice of onion.

[@lindeehopkins6439]

We had pinto beans or navy beans every Saturday growing up! And cornbread! Such good memories

[@argerinejordan4703]

Yum! This was my favorite growing up. I loved when my mother made this esp when it was cold and have a side of hot cornbread. Talk about comfort food, I could use some now😋😋☺️

[@sandrascarborough1009]

I found this recipe I think it was in January 2023 and I have my 3rd pot "resting" at the back of the stove, I have been cooking pinto beans for over 50 years, and from now on this is the only way I will fix them. These are the most delicious beans I have ever eaten let alone cooked and I do not miss the meat.

[@CollardValleyCooks]

That is awesome!

[@Rain-yh9ws]

My late Mother used to make this & cast iron corn bread. She served it with sliced onions on the side. The leftover beans were made into burritos. I miss her & while I have attempted to make this like moma...they never taste the same.

[@solaura6218]

For just one person, one meal, I just make a batter of one or two ounces of MASA corn flour & one egg & enough water to make a thick batter. I put it in a hot cast iron skillet with a tablespoon of some FAT, spread the batter out evenly about .5 to1" thick & put the lid on. Turn it once. Cook at low heat 'til is done. About 10 minutes. It will rise nicely into a cake. Top it with pinto beans or cherry or blueberry pie filling, or an egg.

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

1 of my favorite dishes with fried potatoes😋

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

@@ritasmallwood1605 Yum

[@lindabranum6686]

Love them with raw onions or green onions cold out of the fridge 😋

[@cathycampbell3958]

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[@nancysmith6685]

Love those "fried taters "

[@janfashing1978]

Fryed tators too? WOW. Died and went to heaven. I put ham hocks in mine after I soaked my beans overnight.

[@shisley4]

I always put my pinto beans in the crockpot to cook them overnight and they always comes out perfect and they make their own gravy. No soaking and all of that extra stuff.

[@michaelmerck7576]

I use the crockpot too

[@lindabranum6686]

YUMMY MY FAVORITE PINTO BEANS AND CORNBREAD!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

[@melissaphillips3088]

Tammy that beans and cornbread looked soooo good!!You make everything look and I know taste amazing. Thank you so much for teaching us all so many wonderful meals.💕

[@SKC193]

OMG! You even have a great cup of iced Coke with it ! My favorite (with anything)!❤️❤️😍🥰 I like ham in my beans but my husband (being from the south) wants to put all sorts of such veggies in which makes a veggie soup. If I wanted veggie soup, I’d make I’d make veggie soup! But I want good BEANS!😂

[@tonipartington5245]

My Dad soaks his beans all night long in water. Then the next day he fixes his beans with Ham, or smoked meat

[@johnoneill6161]

My family was from Colorado so they all used a pressure cooker for Pintos. Makes them much faster and ham hocks more tender.

[@sarahholder8651]

I cook Pinto beans often. My husband loves them with corn bread with ham hocks cooked in them.

[@olivetree1836]

I didn't know that you can cook beans for 20 minutes and then leave them out until the next day, I use to think you had to cook them all day.

[@vaughncurry1239]

I cook pintos at least once a week, I put water, chicken bouillon and dried minced onions! Gotta have cornbread without sugar and slathered in butter! Some diced fresh onion on top of beans! Makes your tongue beat your eye teeth out it’s so good!

[@Gorfvan]

I grew up on this stuff. The sweeter the cornbread, the better it would taste. My grandparents made it all the time. They'd freeze it, and any time you went over, you could have it.

[@JustMeeee2]

Just like what my dad makes and what my grandma once made! Thank you bunches! Merry Christmas 2022

[@beachgal1835]

This is the way I grew up eating them but my husband wants me to put onion and while I'm cooking them. Apparently that's what his grandmother and mother did from South Georgia. So that's what I do that I gotta meet they taste pretty good. That looks awfully good to me.

[@sherry3191]

Breakfast, lunch and supper. Dinner on Sunday 😊 Sherry, in Kansas

[@Kale-Lopaka]

Same way my grandma, mom, and I cook pinto beans! Love to see someone else. One thing you may like, I discovered a few years ago. I was making pintos and thought I had enough ham left to dice, but didn’t, so I took 1 lb of polish smoked sausage and diced it up to simmer with my beans. Turned out so good I use it or regular smoked sausage most of the time now. Thanks for having a great channel!!

[@USNVA11]

That’s a fine lookin cornbread. So glad you made it southern style without sugar. Sweet cornbread is a no go for me. I add some diced onions to my mix sometimes.

[@bonniedrake3283]

every Satruday night for supper when i was growing up, my mom always had Boston bake beans, or homemade bake beans, hot dogs, and bisquits. they were good.

[@Jae..9..]

It’s -20 degrees here and I think that calls for this. And best of all, I have all the ingredients so I don’t have to make a run to the store. Thanks for the delicious recipes!

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Salt to taste if using bouillon you may not need salt

[@debbiereilly900]

Love pinto beans and cornbread yummy. Thank you for sharing Tammy and Chris have a blessed evening stay safe and healthy. I recieved your 4th cookbook today a Christmas gift to myself. 🙏❤🙏❤🙏

[@marcellax4556]

Watching your videos is therapeutic. I’ll try this recipe while I’m on holiday break. Thank you so much.❤️

[@nancysmith6685]

We called them "soup beans and cornbread." I don't know why because we never ate them in a soup Lol 😂

[@elaineproffitt1032]

The "Casserole " brand of pinto beans (find at Wall Mart) are really clean too. They are really light, make a good broth, and don't seem to take really long to cook.

[@ItsMefromSnuffys]

Beans are chocked full of minerals and fiber. I’m back to LARD also. When I was little we rarely heard of old people getting dementia because their brans got nutritions from REAL FOOD

[@andrea5577]

I've taught myself over the years but always felt like I was missing something. I've always used a crockpot that broke and I'm so glad I found your video! I'm gonna make it this week. 😊

[@evinrude1236]

Just need a big slice of onion to go with that! I like to crumble my cornbread and then pour the beans and gravy over it. Mmm mmmm mmmm! ❤

[@pamc9106]

All you’re missing is an onion…yummm

[@michaelmerck7576]

Raw onion is good with just about anything

[@maryrobertson8611]

There goes my diet again! Your beans and cornbread look so yummy.

[@nanacat5455]

Weight watchers counts the beans as a protein. So 4 ozs of beans would be fine and small piece of cornbread

[@murlthomas2243]

I buy the smoked spiral sliced ham pieces Walmart sells. They add a lot of flavor to the beans.

[@robertsherman9975]

Cornbread and brown beans were an absolute favorite, as well as a staple growing up. Mother cooked them on a wood stove and simmered them for hours. She placed the beans and salt pork in a pot and cooked them for several hours. About an hour prior to serving she would add finely diced onion and salt n pepper. She would always have a large pan of savory yellow cornbread. She would also cook plain brown beans and add hamburger meat with the addition of onion, green pepper and chili powder. Thank you for sharing these wonderful recipes. Brings back memories of years ago ! Best regards.

[@yolandaegbe]

Hi,❤❤❤❤❤ love it ❤🎉😮 old time ❤ I will try shall with you cooking videos ❤ thank you for recipes ❤ bless amen 🙏 ❤

[@deloreswilliams7288]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Love beans and cornbread!

[@tammyrexroad8020]

My grandmother made both cornbread and Biscuits.

[@Cc0564]

Hey Tammy,I love pinto beans but I always put smoked Turkey wings with mine just to give that extra flavor in them ,and I always make buttered white rice with my pintos it be so good😋😋👍👌great job looks delish🫶🫶✌️

[@BelindaShanle]

One of my favorites my Grandma made. She also made, what we called hoppin John's, beans and rice, which I really loved!! Do you have a recipe for those?

[@CollardValleyCooks]

www.collardvalleycooks.com/uploads/1/4/0/4/140425906/hoppin_john.pdf all recipes are on collardvalleycooks.com

[@davidwestfall4121]

Hoppin John's is black eyed peas with smoked ham hocks and green pepper.

[@BelindaShanle]

@davidwestfall4121 yes and rice

[@BelindaShanle]

@@CollardValleyCooks thank you!!

[@hollyslaughter5505]

Have you ever tried the Better Than Bullion brand Ham Base with this recipe?

[@fields-n-feathers]

I can't wait to try sprinkling with White Lily Cornmeal Mix to PREVENT STICKING! Man, that'll be a time saver, if it works for me! I have a tendency to mess up things that seem fool-proof.🤣Merry Christmas

[@noahsmith8988]

If you have a good iron skillet don't ever cook anything in it but cornbread you won't have to put anything in it to keep it from sticking I have been using the same one for over 20 years I never wash it just wipe it with a cotton cloth

[@nancysmith4529]

Hi Tammy and Chris. You had me at the cornbread. That’s my favorite out of everything! I never had pinto beans. Thank you for the great tips on the beans. I’m going to try them. Oh my you can’t imagine how I love butter beans! Thank you for this great video. Love ya.

[@noahsmith8988]

Can't beat large limas or pintos I put some kind of meat bacon is good and I put a couple of table spoons of sorghum syrup in pintos they are delicious with cornbread and onion and sweet pickles

[@elaineproffitt1032]

I've had really good luck with Casserole brand beans from WalMart. They are really clean and free of debris.

[@dianekelley6559]

After all the candy and cookies this time of year, this is what I want with some onion or chow chow.

[@lawrencewife777]

I am from the heart of South Carolina! Every Grandmother and mother that I know cooked beans with fatback or butt meat! Those were so good because nothing over ride the taste of the beans, After the beans cooked they put okra in them around the last 5 minutes! aka YUMMY.

[@williamphillips6247]

I love to make soup with my Lentils and Great Northern Beans.😋👍

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

In my neck of the woods,That's Fine Dining.

[@cursivearmy11]

Ms. Tammy, I stumbled upon your channel tonight and I just have to say - You are always welcome in my kitchen here in Portland! 🙂

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Wonderful!

[@carolbenson6524]

Looks good. The more butter you put on the cornbread the better!

[@christenastachowski2880]

I like my beans a bit soupier to soak up my cornbread.

[@papirojo4228]

If you have to add water during the cooking, make sure you add hot water. Growing up in a Mexican household, my mom always had water simmering next to her clay bean pot. Adding cold water can turn the beans really dark.

[@patfountain11]

Tammy, do you fix your dried black-eyed peas the same way as your pinto beans, including being as particular with the brand name of your peas?

[@CollardValleyCooks]

www.collardvalleycooks.com/24-beans-and-rice.html

[@olivetree1836]

You can always wash and soak the beans for a day to get the dirt off.

[@Alotta-u4h]

Beans and cornbread had a fight. Bean knocked cornbread outta sight. Cornbread said now that's alright... meet me on the corner tomorrow night.

[@penniecurrie2424]

My mother always taught us to pick thru the beans very careful i spread a clen jitchen towel pour a few out atbthe timebou finds lots bad ones,rocks and i soak for a good while then start high heat turn the heat and leet it simmerbtil done tammy you are so awesome of a cook

[@larryjenkins3129]

Need some fried potatoes and onions with this!

[@kellyshelton7582]

Insta pot makes the best beans.

[@bostonterriermomakasandy9722]

I’ve never had pinto beans and I’m 70 years old. We always made navy beans and ham with cornbread never pinto beans. 😂. 🎄🧑🏻‍🎄🎄

[@rubytaylor4566]

Yummy, I'm going to make pinto beans and buttermilk corn bread tomorrow. I Love love ❤️ crushed ice and have asked my husband for one, l will keep bugging him until he gives in, I really like the one you just sh.owed. Thanks Tammy 😊 ❤️ 🙏 I liked you adding the ham to your pinto beans, looks sososo delicious. Ms. Ruby

[@sandrageiman2852]

Tammy did you add an egg to your cornbread mix? 😊

[@CollardValleyCooks]

Yes I did

[@bamagirl6403]

U forgot to eat onion and slice tomatoes with ur beans and cornbread. Lol. I love the ice maker. It is simple. I want one of those. Thanks for sharing.

[@jan6293]

Tammy, nothing beats cornbread and pinto beans! Thanks for the tips on cooking them. 🫘

[@dolldoll2914]

👩🏻‍💻I love the cubed ham. I use it in salads, macaroni and greens. Mix them in with green beans or when I make a can of cream of chicken, asparagus, soup I throw some ham. Also in funeral potatoes, such as au gratin potatoes.

[@dorismikolajczak5278]

Where do you find the ham? I have never seen it. I hope it's not some more good Southern food that I can't find here in Northern stores.

[@dolldoll2914]

@Doris Mikolajczak 👩‍💻I usually find the cubed ham in the meat department with the ham steaks, whole hams, ½ hams not in a cans, slices ham, not the deli ham. I am thinking Smithfield or Hormel brand. It is very convenient.

[@Gunterman1000]

🎉 ma’am’s only added water salt pepper butter search how to enhance and saw your corn bread 🎊 thank u for step with oil spices 🎉u have enhanced dinner 🥘

[@alabamaskillettime252]

i love cooking this too. it taste's so good. i love it with onion too😀

[@evie1740]

And good meatloaf!!

[@alabamaskillettime252]

@@evie1740 yes, meatloaf Is yummy

[@barbaranielsen2888]

No pinto beans here in Costa Rica. We are not allowed to bring them in either. Customs considers them seeds. I will use your recipe with red beans which I can buy here! I can make buttermilk with vineger and whole milk. Regular flour and cornmeal. No self rising here either. I can't wait! Thank you

[@williamrowe6383]

Great tip about about old grease smelling bad and making your food smell bad. We found out about that the hard way. You are the only person that has earned about that.👍

[@thomastommy1192]

How do you get the Broth to thicken up like that? Have you ever heard of sticker bread? I'd love to see you cook that. Thumbs up to your video.

[@Robert_Sparkman_01]

I like cranberry beans better than pinto beans.

[@DS-1856]

I make this meal often. It is my husbands favorite.

[@laserbeam002]

Cooking tip I ran across.....Beans cause people to be a big gassy so SOAK the beans for at least 48 hours before cooking. Pour off the water they soaked in and cook in fresh water.

[@agoogleuser5912]

I really like pinto beans but I have to be in the mood for them because they tear my belly all to pieces lol! 😂