Food & Recipe: A question

[Guest guest]

hi everyone;

I have perused the recipes listed in the groups files area and I say

thank you to the people to made the effort to put that together.

I have a question though.

One of my favourite dishes is ham shanks & beans.

I Don't use ham hocks as they are mostly FAT, gristle, and bone.

Fat, well excessive fat; baaaaad thing for us type of people.

I use a pressure cooker (Kuhn Rikon 12.5 qt) add water half way up

the pot, a couple of diced onions (a mandolin helps here), about 3

tablespoons of black peppercorns, 3-5 bay leaves (depending on their

size), two crushed garlic cloves, and 4 lbs ham shanks and 2 lbs of

great white northern beans. No, I don't soak the beans, I put them

in right out of the bag.

After coooking for about 45 minutes I let it cool, refidgerate it

overnight, and then skim off the fat the next day. That is when I re-

heat it and have them for myself for a few days or a friend and me

for 2 days.

Thought I would share that recipe. I hope it meets muster with the

lower fat diet requirement. It hasn't caused me any pancreas

problems; but we are all different. Any suggestions for improvement

or changes?

Thanks,

Dick

& Alan (the service dog)