So a thread on the food board got me wondering if anyone else eats pinto beans the way my family does it.

Step one: Regular pinto's prepared with some pork, jalapenos, etc.

Step two: Ladle over Cornbread.

Step three: Add large spoonful or two of miracle whip.

Grew up in the panhandle and this is how I learned to eat beans. I actually thought that someone messed up the recipe the first time I went somewhere that had beans and didn't offer them with miracle whip.

Anyone else eat them this way or know where in the world this recipe might have come from?

Never heard of such a thing. I won't knock it though cause I could eat mayo or MW with a spoon. Love the stuff.

First read I thought you said cool whip.

It tastes damn good just wondering who had the idea first. I come from a German family so i was curious if that is where it originated or if it might have been borrowed from someone else's heritage.

I come from a German family and I've NEVER heard of such a thing. That sounds down right disgusting.

I come from a German family, too. I can't think of something more awful than putting mayo or Miracle whip on beans.

I've been around some folks that eat strange combinations, but that has got to be near the top of the list.

Beans + corn bread is awesome. Almost lost my breakfast when you added the Whip.

I cannot stand mayo or MW. The ONLY time I will eat it is in tuna salad, potato salad, chicken salad, etc.

way to ruin a good beans and cornbread meal

That sounds awful. Does anyone outside your family ruin good beans and cornbread that way?

I would eat beans similarly, but I start with cornbread, add a generous dollop of butter, then the beans. However, where I grew up in North East Texas (near Longview/Henderson), beans with "bean chaser" or "pea chaser" was much more popular. The "chaser" was like a sweet, mild homemade salsa.

DO NOT WANT

Wait.... Someone eats mayonnaise with a spoon??

That is absolutely disgusting.

Actually it's probably pretty good. Simply sounds like pinto cornbread salad skipping the step of mixing them together. I've had similar in East Texas. Like I always say, don't knock it until you try it.

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pinto cornbread salad skipping the step of mixing them together.

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The only way miracle whip is edible is either (1) spread in a reasonably thin layer on a sammich or (2) mixed sufficiently in some dish where it's greasy texture is diluted and disguised. When you "skip the step of mixing them together," it's like eating a spoonful of curdled lard. I'm picturing the OP's dish with great globules of greasyness on top the eater would have to choke down, which turns my stomach.

[This message has been edited by Ark03 (edited 2/10/2012 9:44a).]

I mix the Whip with the beans and cornbread. You don't eat it with a spoon straight!

I figured ursus would be the one brave soul to try something like this. He seems to have a rather adventurous palate!

My family had a few things like this:

My gramps puts kechup in his chicken noodle soup.

My dad used to make a snack by mixing peanut butter and maple syrup in a bowl.

Growing up my grand parents would put miracle whip on black eyed peas. Just a dollop or two to mix in the juice. Not to bad at all.

Their other meal was a Vienna Sausage sandwich with miracle whip, old english cheese, bread & butter pickles, & white onion... Makes my stomach hurt just thinking about it.

I've used the OP's method but with sour cream instead of Miracle Whip.

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I've used the OP's method but with sour cream

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Acceptable.

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First read I thought you said cool whip.

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Me, too. I've watched 2 girls 1 cup without flinching, but reading that as cool whip made my stomach turn.

My wife puts mayo on BEP's like PooDoo's family.

I like ketchup on butter beans, and I love mayo and MW, but the OP's dish sounds disgusting.

I was thinking cool whip too. That had me scratchin my head. I love mayo/mw, but would have never thought of eating it in beans or any soup. I'd try it.

Putting MW on beans is almost as unforgivable as putting chili on the beans.

That's just nasty.

Pinto beans on crumbled cornbread; throw on chow-chow relish and a splash of pepper sauce. Good as it gets. But Mayo? No way!

See, this is why most of yall are screwed in a true shtf situation, because yall are some picky eaters. Your stomachs will not be conditioned right.

When zombies attack and only pinto beans, cornbread and miracle whip are left, I will still leave the whip to you and the OP.

When I was a kid the only way I would eat pinto beans was with ketchup on them.

My grandpa put ketchup in his chicken noodle soup and so do I. My grandparents ate a concoction of sliced summer sausage, white onions, and white vinegar with crackers. That's actually pretty darn good... They were of Czech descent.

I like pinto beans on a whole wheat bun with mustard, onions, and bean sprouts.

Or just a bowl full of beans with some mustard stirred in.

Either or the two above with a bottle of Guinness or a bottle of Shiner.

Or bean burritos or tostadas and a bottle of Dos Equis.

When I was a kid, I'd spread mayonaise on crackers.

I need to correct a few of you that say that it would be gross with mayonnaise... It is. It is imperative that you use miracle whip. COMPLETELY different flavor than mayonnaise!

I am sure that most of you will never try it, but for the brave souls that will give it a taste just remember to thank me later for your new favorite bean recipe

That sounds like something a person from Wisconsin would come up with after moving to Texas. Crazy people up there put mayo on EVRYTHING.

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I cannot stand mayo or MW. The ONLY time I will eat it is in tuna salad, potato salad, chicken salad, etc.

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What she said...