LEATHER BRITCHES

By On March 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
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I belong to a WV group on Facebook and found this post discussion very interesting… so here is the discussion..
My mom use to make what was called leather britches. You put green beans on a string hang them out in the sun to dry. Store them in a brown bag. ( we called it a poke). Until you were ready to cook them. Of course you added bacon grease They were so good.
  • Judy Alkire We made them, called them fodder beans. Used last beans of summer for them.
  • Lula Browning Leather britches are delicious! We used half runners, guess you could use any bean:::::
  • Gil Collins HMM YUM HAVEN’T HAD THOSE IN YEARS…OR A NICE BIG YELLOW TOMATER HAHA
  • Theresa M. Shepherd I have eaten these before. My mom and mother inlaw has made them. Pretty good.
  • Bob Canada Sr I remember seeing these hanging on peoples porches. At least I always thought they were leather britches!
  • Kimiko Austin I don’t think that I have ever eaten those.
  • Theresa M. Shepherd I think stringing them up to dry, is another way of preserving them for the winter months.

  • Bob Canada Sr Gil Collins, once in a while I’ll find yellow tomatoes at my favorite produce stand (Vince’s produce) here in Glen Burnie, Md. during the summer. I buy them when I can find them due to their low acid content!
  • Mark Combs I am a Leather Britches eating machine…MAN they are good with a little fat back and cooked up
  • Bob Canada Sr Mark, Don’t forget the cornbread!
  • Connie Alford Kirk when mine dries I put them in coffee can and in the freezer till iwas ready for them
  • Dee Perry I love Leather Britches, my Mom used to cook them…
  • Linda Wiley My mom did too. They were delicious.
  • Glenna Day I love these beans
  • Lula Browning Good with corn bread & fried potatoes!!
  • Melissa Toler-Cain I used to help my grandmother/Ma string them and they were delicious. I tried to do it yrs later with my own kids and they molded on the string. I was pretty disappointed and never attempted it again
  • Lula Browning They have to be in a very dry & “”non humid”” place, or they will mold:::::
  • Vivian Lester Farley Mom always strung them around in the room where the warm morning stove was.
  • Betty Young I have never done that but I am going to this summer. I order my corn and beans from a local farm have to order in april
  • Ernest Hays My Dad discovered he could put the pole beans on a sheet hung between the rafters in the attic. Almost instant leather britches. Then bag them.
  • Elaine Canada Garrison You guys are making me hungry with your pickle corn and leather britches. Wow.
  • Debbie Thompson Wall I have cooked them before,,they are delicious with a hunk of corn bread,,
  • Patricia E Allen My mother-in-law cooked them on a wood burning stove. You don’t know what you are missing if you haven’t eaten food cooked on one
  • Judy Alkire We always dried ours in the attic.
  • Geri Duncan-Kendrick They are soooo good had them in the winter the smell would starve you to death

 

 
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