Ebony Beans Recipe

Directions:

1. Gather 25 to 30 green pods. Clip the woody ends and wash the pods. Pods should be inspected for small holes. Those with holes should be discarded as your probably holding the new home of a weevil. Each pod will yield eight to ten beans.
2. Set a large pot or kettle to boil and salt. When your water is boiling toss in the pods and wait for them to open. Remove from the water and let cool. The beans inside should be white and soft, this is the outer casing cut this away to reveal the inner bean. Eat inner bean, enjoy.
3. If you using dry pods fill a cast iron skillet with about an eighth of an inch of oil. Husk the pods and wash the beans well, discard any with weevil holes. place in hot oil after the beans have dried from their rinse then turn them after about 2 minutes. Pat dry, let cool, then shell with a nutcracker. Salt and enjoy.