Title: Boiled string beans with ham
 Categories: Ethnic, Pork & ham, Vegetables
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      1    Bone
      8    Pig's tails
  2 1/3 lb Fresh string beans
      1 tb Salt
      1 ts Freshly ground black pepper
      1 ts Sugar
           From a smoked ham or
 
  1. Put the ham bone in a 6-quart pot with enough water to fill
  halfway. Heat to boiling, lower the heat to a simmer, and cover.
  Simmer 45 minutes.
  
  2. Prepare the beans while the bone is simmering.  Snap the stem end
  from each bean and pull gently along the length of the bean to remove
  the string.  (It may not be necessary to remove the string from very
  young beans.)  Rinse the beans in a colander under cold running
  water.  Drain and add to the pot along with the salt, pepper, and
  sugar.  Simmer the beans until very tender, up to 30 minutes for old
  tough beans or around 15 minutes for very tender young beans.  Check
  the seasoning halfway through the cooking and adjust if necessary.
  Remove the bone and drain the beans. Serve hot.