• Baked Soy Bean Casserole

    From Ben Collver@1:105/500 to All on Thursday, October 30, 2025 06:48:44
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    Title: Baked Soy Bean Casserole
    Categories: Casseroles, Vegetarian
    Yield: 1 Batch

    1 lb Dried soy beans
    4 Fresh tomatoes
    2 Yellow onions
    2 tb Safflower oil
    2 tb Vegetable salt
    1 tb Thyme
    1/3 c Ricotta cheese
    4 sl Cheddar; up to 5, thin

    Soak soy beans overnight and cook in a large pot for 3 to 4
    hours--until tender. If a pressure cooker is preferred, they usually
    can be cooked in about 30 minutes.

    Chop onions. Cover with oil and place in a flat pan under broiler for
    a few minutes until browned.

    Cut tomatoes in small chunks, being sure to save all the juice.

    Drain cooked beans and place in a greased casserole dish or
    earthenware bean pot. Add tomatoes and their juice, sauteed onions,
    safflower oil, salt, thyme, and ricotta cheese (cut into small
    pieces), then mix. Bake in a medium (350?F) oven for about 1 hour.
    During last 5 to 10 minutes add slices of cheddar cheese over top.

    Recipe by Gypsy Boots

    Recipe FROM: Bare Feet And Good Things To Eat, 1965

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  • From Ruth Haffly@1:396/45.28 to Ben Collver on Friday, October 31, 2025 19:51:37
    Hi Ben,


    Title: Baked Soy Bean Casserole
    Categories: Casseroles, Vegetarian
    Yield: 1 Batch

    Back in the mid 70s to early 80s we lived down on the coast of NC, the
    town of Swansboro (between Jacksonville and Morehead City). We weren't
    making a lot of money so did a lot of cooking on the cheap--soy and
    other beans, pasta, etc. Steve was on the town vlunteer fire department
    so one year for the Christmas time family pot luck I made a crock pot
    full of "baked" soy beans. This was in the time when soy beans were
    considered more as animal feed but the crock pot came home empty. One of
    the town police officers stopped at the fire department for supper, took
    some of the beans. He complimented Steve on the beans, then asked what
    kind of beans we'd used--was quite surprised to find out that it was soy
    beans.

    Basically, I soaked dry soy beans, then cooked them with some bacon or
    salt pork, molasses, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar, canned tomatoes and
    onion. After cooking all day on low in the crock pot they were nice and
    tender. I've since done it with other beans over the years & various
    places we've lived and usually came home with an empty crock pot.






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  • From Bencollver@1:267/310 to Ruth Haffly on Sunday, November 02, 2025 09:04:04
    Hi Ruth!

    I've since done it with other beans over the years & various
    places we've lived and usually came home with an empty crock pot.

    That's my favorite kind of cooking: so simple no recipe required.
    This morning i made grape mush.

    I picked homegrown grapes off of 3 bunches.
    I put 1/2 cup masa harina and 2 cups cold water in a saucepan.
    I stirred until well mixed, then added the grapes.
    I cooked it over medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring
    occasionally, especially towards the end.
    I served it with 2 tb peanut butter.

    It's not fancy but once cooked it smelled surprisingly good.
    I've noticed that some batches of masa harina smell a lot better
    than others.

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