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                    Butter Beans With Ham Bone And Okra
 
 Recipe By     : Sylvia Woods of the World Famous Sylvia's Restaurant (NYC)
 Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Beans                            Soul Food
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1                    Meaty ham bones -OR-
    3      lg            Ham hocks
    3      c             Water
    1 1/2  lb            Fresh butter beans -OR-
   32      oz            Butter beans (2 cans) --
                         - drained
    2      tb            Vegetable shortening -- solid
    1      tb            Sugar
      1/2  lb            Okra -- washed, thinly sliced
    1      tb            Salt
    2      ts            Black pepper -- freshly ground

If you find yourself with a leftover bone from a baked ham, it's just
the excuse you need to prepare this fine dish of beans and okra.
 
Put the ham bone and water in a large saucepan. Cover and heat to
boiling. Reduce the heat to simmering and cook, covered, 45 minutes.
Remove the ham bone from the saucepan. Remove the meat from the bone,
finely shred it. and return both meat and bone to the pan.
 
Wash the butter beans and add them to the saucepan. Heat to
simmering, stir in the remaining ingredients, and simmer until the
beans and okra are tender, about 25 minutes, or less for canned
beans. Discard the ham bone and serve the beans hot.
 
 
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