That’s one of those Comfort Food Hall of Fame meals, for sure.
How to you do your lima beans (and apologies if you’ve covered this before)?
No, I have never covered this before, and these are from a bag of frozen lima beans. I put about 1 part beans and 1 part water in a small saucepan with some salt, cover and cook the dickens out of them on a low heat. When they are nearly done, I uncover, put a knob of butter on them and add fresh ground pepper. I cook them on low until most of the water is evaporated. Limas are one of the few things I like cooked to death. Oh yeah, and sometimes I put some cooked crumbled bacon in with them, but I didn't do that last night.
Yeah, he didn't grow up in the South so it's something he never will understand completely, but he does love biscuits and gravy. At least the way I make it. And he has a recent (over the past 4 years) appreciation for grits...again, the way I make them. I don't think he ever had grits before until I made them for him and I warned him they aren't likely going to be the same at a restaurant.
Oh there was this one restaurant down in Florida we ate at in November 24 that had the best grits I had ever eaten. If I can learn to replicate that I will have a sore arm from patting myself on the back for sure. They were the lightest, most tender grits ever.
Oh, and if I do lima beans from dry, it's a completely different process. Then I will use a smoked ham bone with a good bit of meat on it, put some carrots, onions, and potatoes in with it in a crockpot, and basically make a bean stew out of it. Lots of pepper (
rascal).
I had to edit this again, LOL. I am really not certain if I use 1 part beans and 1 part water, it might be closer to 2 parts water because I don't actually measure it, I just look at it and go "okay that looks right".
