Lucky beans for the new year

[relbbaddoof]

Don't know about you, but I feel I need all the luck I can get. From beans, or from anyplace else. I've three pots on the stove:

Pot 1) Smoked hamhocks and pork necks simmering with aromatics, broth and meat shreds to be added to pot 2.

Pot 2) Mirepoix with diced bacon and uncured pork belly, awaiting broth+shreds from pot 1 and beans.

Pot 3) Some mirepoix shoveled off with chipotle pepper and smoked paprika for the vegetarian amongst us. Later I'll add tofu marinated in smoked shoyu then crisped, and if the smoke is still insufficient, go the full dhungar.

Beans (soaked overnight) are a mix of Rancho Gordo yellow-eyed and black-. 

 

You?

Edited December 30, 2025 by relbbaddoof

[StephanieL]

Going to make the Extremadura BEP from the latest Rancho Gordo newsletter, without chorizo.  We have tree kale growing in the garden that we can use for the greens.

Edited January 3 by StephanieL

[maison rustique]

I have no idea how mine will turn out. This was the first year since RG began that I did not have their black eyed peas to cook. I had to make do with supermarket beans. And couldn't get mustard greens--have collards and turnip greens. And we didn't have ham for Xmas, so I had to buy some and was not happy with it. I tried Penzey Ozark blend in it this year, too. A total experiment.

[backyardchef]

4 hours ago, maison rustique said:

I have no idea how mine will turn out. This was the first year since RG began that I did not have their black eyed peas to cook. I had to make do with supermarket beans. And couldn't get mustard greens--have collards and turnip greens. And we didn't have ham for Xmas, so I had to buy some and was not happy with it. I tried Penzey Ozark blend in it this year, too. A total experiment.

Looks great!