Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Anybody ever make Leather Britches? They taste very good when cooked.
You simply string them and don't cut the beans. Sew through them with a heavy thread and hang till dry, Grandma used to put them on the porch or attic, out of the weather. Then they'd go into paper sacks which still hung in the attic. Then when they were put into soup or whatever, had a stronger taste.
I remember learning how to "sew beans". Making sure you put beans of the same size on the string & spacing them 1/4 inch apart so they would dry evenly. Pinning them to hangers and putting them on the clothes line in the sun. Yummy in soup in the middle of winter.