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Shuckey Beans
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Published 2004
Shuckey Beans, Leatherbritches, or A-Ni-Ka-Yo-Sv-Hi Tsu-Ya (from the Cherokee language) all refer to an ancient technique for preserving beans. This method is associated with the Cherokee Indians and people in the South, particularly the Appalachian Mountain areas. Beans were considered a food for the poor, and it was not until the nineteenth century that one finds recipes for dried beans in published cookbooks.
Traditionally these beans were pole-type beans where the hulls remained tender even after drying, such as Case Knife Bean, Goose Craw Bean, Cherokee Long Greasy, Half Runner, or Jeminez. Pole beans require trellising; they need to be planted around a pole six to eight feet long because they are natural climbers. The original beans used by the Cherokee and early English settlers have become almost extinct.
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