Authentic Soup Beans – Natures Meat Substitute – ONLY Pennies a Pound – The Hillbilly Kitchen


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  1. Dr Dolores Mize
    Dr Dolores Mize says:

    Oh that is some FINE eating, Becky!! And I love me some fried taters with onions!! My mom just made awful beans. I made a promise to myself to make good beans because I love them when they are made well, so I just watched my country grandmother. I LOVE that you have done a video on making beans. I had not, however, heard them called "soup beans!" I grew up in north Texas. Is the soup beans name more of an Appalachian moniker? You sure are a fine cook and you often remind me of my grandmother! And I love the Isaiah verse; I keep it in mind a lot lately. I also love the hymn based on the verse called "Be Not Afraid." Have a wonderful day, everyone! 🌷

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  2. Marla Chapman
    Marla Chapman says:

    I need an oven for my sister. I bake her biscuits, cornbread and make her cakes. She's 70 yrs old and been without oven for two years. God bless you n your channel. I remember most of your recipes I been cooking since I was 10 yrs old. Father taught me well. Mother did not cook.

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  3. Barb Shelton
    Barb Shelton says:

    Hello Becky, I have not been on YouTube much for awhile but have continued to pray for you and that God blessed you beyond measure. Girllll, I have dry beans put back for emergency prep. I usually use cans of pinto beans or blackeyed peas because it never fails I cook the snot out of the dry beans and they end up bean juice. I try but I just fail every time. 🤣🤣🤣

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  4. Dez Mills
    Dez Mills says:

    Has been one of my favorite meals for as long as I can remember, and it’s always funny being 25 and telling people it’s my main comfort food. 🤣 the only problem is I now have Alfa-gal syndrome and am allergic to pork and red meat, and the flavors just aren’t the same without all the pork 😭😭😭 I miss my grandma bean soup on cold nights and family gatherings

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  5. Judy Jones
    Judy Jones says:

    As one does with Cuban black bean soup, we like to add finely chopped raw onion just before eating. We also add finely chopped bell pepper just before serving, and stir in enough cooked rice to make it nice, wholesome, and filling. Yum! 🙂 A grate side to this is chipped ham or beef on a toasted bun, or Cuban sandwich of thinly sliced coldcuts on toasted Cuban bread, skinny bun.

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  6. DPeter
    DPeter says:

    Grew up 73 years with red beans & ham hocks, corn bread, real bacon and the rest. There isn't better food anywhere! Gotta add the biscuits and sausage gravy… ummmmm!

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  7. James T Boehm
    James T Boehm says:

    I prefer hamhocks in my beans, salt pork has always seemed a little flat. Onions, garlic and carrots next. I truely need a moist cornbread recipe along with a good cast iron skillet to make it in. At 62 I make my own meals, you are what you eat. I'd almost give an arm to find a woman that cooks like you, my GM and GGM cooked like that.

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  8. Kaylz
    Kaylz says:

    Hello Becky how are you? I haven’t seen your videos pop up on my feed. I hope all has be well for you and your family. I hope you had a great Christmas and New Years 💖

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  9. Jennifer Jensen
    Jennifer Jensen says:

    I'm a native of MD (Washington DC area) and had never even heard of soup beans when we moved to SW Ohio. But there are a lot of KY transplants here and soup beans are a dish around here too.

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  10. Roadrunner 17 lee
    Roadrunner 17 lee says:

    My mother made a mean pot of pinto beans and ham hocks had them once a week with cornbread. I’ve never been able to replicate it. But it helped with the food budget since there were eight of us.

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  11. Roxanna Ramirez
    Roxanna Ramirez says:

    My mom still makes boiled pinto beans (mostly to then mash for refried beans, she rarely ever uses canned beans). I grew up often eating freshly boiled beans with Jack cheese melted into it so it's creamy and cheesy with a tortilla…yum. We discovered boiling with distilled water vs tap results in beans that stay fresh for days longer.

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  12. Momma M.
    Momma M. says:

    I was always told, and I have seen many others on YouTube say that it’s true, that you do not salt the beans until they’ve pretty much cooked. It makes the skin hard and they take longer to cook. I had a pot of beans once that never did get soft. Also, I learned this about 40 or 50 years ago when I was going through my health food phase, that if you keep the beans damp for a couple of days until they just start to sprout they taste better and it increases the vitamin content quite a bit. I must’ve been doing something right because I’m 81 years old, take no medication, and neither my brother nor I ever had a childhood disease even though we were exposed to everything by our kids and grandkids.

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  13. Robin Branson
    Robin Branson says:

    Coming from the hills of eastern kentucky, my family lived on dishes such as this. My grandmother cooked on a wood stove and raised a garden every year. My grandparents were farmers, and killed their own hogs and smoked their meats. I learned alot about cooking from her and my mother. I've tried to pass those recipes onto my children. No better eating anywhere.

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  14. Sallie Morrill
    Sallie Morrill says:

    Thank you for sharing God's word. Rice can stretch beans,too. That shot of the plate w/vegetables & beans looked absolutely delicious! Great vid. Thank you for your time & effort in making these vids. God bless.

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