The Waiting is What Hurts

The beans are marvelous. But for geometrical reasons, I had to put the juice in a second pan to boil it down. My pressure cooker will only hold 5 ham hocks on one level, and I had 6, so the hocks made a pretty tall pile. That meant that in order to cover everything, I had to use a lot of water. So I ended up with lots of juice. Boiling it down in the pressure cooker would take all day and ruin the beans, so I decided to use a skillet instead. When it has been reduced by around half, I'll pour it back in.

I'll get the cornbread going shortly. I can't wait.