Is this a Northern thing?”
Wouldn’t think so. I grew up in Kansas and now live in Texas. Beans were a staple of our diet when I was growing up, particularly in the late spring when canned vegetables from the previous season were all gone and the new growing season had not yet arrived.
We always had meat at every meal since we raised cattle, hogs and chicken. Lots of sausage, gravy and homemade biscuits for breakfast. And always desert as a part of dinner. Bread pudding was a staple. Have tried to duplicate my mom’s recipe but somehow never got it quite right.
Good morning Grams A. This sounds very much like our southern cooking on the east coast.
I just associate white beans more with the North and Midwest. Our default setting was always pintos and limas. Damn but I love me some well prepared beans!
I understand what you mean about trying to replicate some of the old recipes. So much has changed. Our tastebuds. Crisco. Also the quality of bread, and a lot of recipes which call for milk would get condensed milk back in the day. It is hard to reconstruct some of those meals.
I’m hungry. I’m going to go make a French press of coffee, and have some beans and cornbread!