Memes Old-fashioned Butter Beans

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   Bring the water and bacon to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.

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   Add the butter beans and season with salt and pepper.

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   Decrease the heat to low and simmer until the beans are tender, 30 to 45 minutes, less for frozen beans.

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   Add the butter and taste and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper.

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   Spoon into shallow bowls with a little of the rich broth and serve immediately.

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   Fat is the reason bacon tastes so goodit has long veins of fat running parallel to the rind and fat is also the problem.

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   Along with the salt and carcinogenic smoke from the cure, it is enough to make the folks at the American Heart Association have, well, a heart attack.

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   For those occasions when you do go whole hog, make sure you are getting your moneys worth.

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   Buy premium quality bacon with a good balance of meat, salt, and smoke.

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    A match stick size piece of bacon is called a lardon, though strictly speaking, a lardon is a long strip of fat sewn into lean meat, with a larding needle (lardoire), to keep the meat moist and flavorful during cooking.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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