Ham n Beans

So I posted on Facebook today that it was the perfect night for Ham n Beans (which is what I made for supper if you read the weekly meal plans, you knew that already). Apparently, people have an emotional connection to ham n beans. I can post any number of cute or funny statuses and get no response...but a post about Ham n beans wakes people up and makes them pay attention. Within a few hours people were coming out of the woodwork sharing their love of ham n beans and how they make it or asking for recipes. Ok, so coming out of the woodwork sounds like there were hundreds when, in truth, there were 12 comments in an hour and several of them were me answering people...but still, apparently ham n beans is one of those mid-western comfort foods that evokes memories in people.

Unfortunately, my children do not have memories for the ham n beans to evoke. In my household, I got one "YUCK," one "I'll eat ONE bean and ONE piece of ham" and one clean bowl. The two adults at the table ate with gusto of both the ham n beans and the cornbread. Seriously, where is the children's sense of nostalgia?...wait, they aren't quite old enough I guess.

As per the suggestion of one of my facebook friends, we even had honey (her family uses syrup) to soak into the cornbread. YUM!

These are my ham n beans and corn bread.

Here is my ham n beans "recipe."

Soak over night in water about 1 lb of great northern beans that have been sorted through. I use about 6 cups of water.
In the morning drain the water from the beans and dump them in the crock pot. Chop up some ham and stir it in. (I don't really know how much I used but maybe about a lb or so). Cover with a couple inches of water. And throw in about a half stick of butter. Turn on the crockpot and let it do it's thing all day.

That's it. Simple, easy, and without flair or food snobbery. Nothing weird or obscure. No flashy presentation...just mid-western comfort food at it's best....or worst, I suppose (I did just have to unbutton my jeans from overeating the beans) .

Off to do the dishes...and put on sweatpants.