beans and cornbread!

ever heard of lime pickles?  well my grandparents make the best lime pickles ever.  they're tangy and sweet and super tasty and i've never seen them in the store, they can their own.  this year, my mom and grandma made a batch and i brought a jar home from arizona.  i haven't had them in years!

my favorite thing to eat them with (and i know this is weird) is soup beans.  soup beans are:

1 bag of beans (i like the 15 or 16 bean mixes)
1 piece of salt pork or ham bone
1 packet of lipton onion soup mix
1 crockpot  ;)

and a whole lot of water!  usually it's better if you soak the beans overnight, then drain them, and put the whole mess above into the crockpot for the day.

once you get a nice hot steaming bowl of 'soup beans,' i usually add fresh chopped onion, cornbread, and of course lime pickles.  cassie and i even used to pour some extra lime pickle juice into the beans for taste- sounds gross but it's so yummy!

if you're fresh out of lime pickles, soup beans are almost as good without them.  nathan's been eating them way for years  :)  he says he likes them and i have to believe him because he's pretty good and letting me know when something isn't to his taste ;)  we're having these tonight for dinner, so i'll add some pictures after that!