Somebody please tell me how to cook beans??

[CosmicCowboy]

For a 5 pound bag I do the following

Soak overnight

Low heat in the morning with

1 package of salt pork diced
2 smoked ham hocks put in whole
1/2 jar Bolner's pinto bean seasoning
5-10 serrano peppers diced
1 bunch cilantro rough chopped
2 1015 onions rough chopped

Cook until onion and cilantro disappear, make sure to get the bones from the hocks out and enjoy with a cold, cold beer.

I do very similar except I don't presoak

5# beans
3 tablespoons lard
1# of bacon ends (coarse chopped)
seasoning (the 1/2 jar of bolners works fine)
1 bunch cilantro
2 1015 onions
6 pickled jalapenos (whole)

Bring to a boil and then turn down heat to a rolling simmer.

I use a screen in the bottom of the pan to keep the beans off the bottom (so they wont burn) and stir just as little as possible.

[CosmicCowboy]

And don't give me about the lard. Somethings gonna have to kill me. Might as well be enjoying life and eating good.

You guys can worry about everything and live to 100 and die in bed wearing a diaper and not recognizing your kids if you want to.

[AlamoSpursFan]

I wonder how those would turn out without the cilantro. I can't stand that stuff. I'll have to try and report back.

[SpursWoman]

You guys can worry about everything and live to 100 and die in bed wearing a diaper and not recognizing your kids if you want to.

Yeah ... I don't do drugs, I rarely drink ... I even quit smoking. I can't give up everything. I just can't.

[CosmicCowboy]

Thanks guys....now this little pregnant woman is going to pass out from hunger just thinking about when these things are actually done!!!

Damn Helen...you are knocked up again? Sheeeeeeeeut!

Haven't you figured out how that happens yet?

[1369]

I do very similar except I don't presoak

5# beans
3 tablespoons lard
1# of bacon ends (coarse chopped)
seasoning (the 1/2 jar of bolners works fine)
1 bunch cilantro
2 1015 onions
6 pickled jalapenos (whole)

Bring to a boil and then turn down heat to a rolling simmer.

I use a screen in the bottom of the pan to keep the beans off the bottom (so they wont burn) and stir just as little as possible.

Oh, I LIKE the lard idea. Gonna have to try it next go round.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

And don't give me about the lard. Somethings gonna have to kill me. Might as well be enjoying life and eating good.

You guys can worry about everything and live to 100 and die in bed wearing a diaper and not recognizing your kids if you want to.

My great grandmother cooked everything with lard and lived to be 102. You might end up being here awhile so start collecting those Depends coupons buddy!

The nice thing for her, however, is she died in her own bed and never needed a caretaker, nursing home, directions to her house from the corner grocery. Of course she lived in the country, caught fish from the streams near her home, had her own chickens and garden, had a "wishing well" style well for water (replaced by a manual pump later in her life) and never had to deal with city living. I'm sure her lifestyle helped her hit the 102 mark.

[peewee's lovechild]

Lard is a good thing.
It's never a bad thing.

It's especially good in tamales.

[mrsmaalox]

Lard is a good thing.
It's never a bad thing.

It's especially good in tamales.

It's essential.

[thispego]

So my mother-in-law! Dreaming of her fried chicken livers....

mrsmaalox - how did you mom in law make them? i'm gonna amke some tomorrow

[mrsmaalox]

mrsmaalox - how did you mom in law make them? i'm gonna amke some tomorrow

I really never watched her do it, but i can say for sure she fried them in bacon fat! She fried everything in bacon fat! And just from the flavor I think it's a safe guess that all she did was dust them with flour, salt, and pepper. She passed away 4years ago, she was a true country cook.

[thispego]

nice and simple. my speciality. thanks. and oops, i didnt get livers i got gizzards, i'll do it the same way though.

[Shelly]

So, did you cook your beans and how did they come out?

[travis2]

how did they come out?

Gaseously, I'd assume...

[peewee's lovechild]

nice and simple. my speciality. thanks. and oops, i didnt get livers i got gizzards, i'll do it the same way though.

Dude, what do those taste like?

I've never had chicken livers or gizzards.

They sell them at a Church's by where I used to live.
I was very close to buying them at one point, but the thought of it grossed me out.

[mrsmaalox]

Dude, what do those taste like?

I've never had chicken livers or gizzards.

They sell them at a Church's by where I used to live.
I was very close to buying them at one point, but the thought of it grossed me out.

I would be hesitant to get them at Church's because my experience is that they need to have a "light" touch. No batter, just lightly dusted with flour. I mean it's rich enough as it is. It would be worth attempting at home. Then I'll try them and tell you if you did it right!

[SpursWoman]

I made some really awesome black beans inspired by this thread.

[Munchelen]

The beans came out GREAT!!! Thanks for all of the helpful hints! And no the soaking DID NOT take all the gas out!! Although I think my daughter got the worst of it though!

[Das Texan]

at first i thought this was gonna be a take off on those Frost Bank commercials.


Now I'm just hungry. I may have to make me some beans sometime in the near future, maybe even using one of the many recipies in this thread or just say it and throw something together.

Oh and black beans are ing awesome, too bad Im the only one in my family who likes them.

[Munchelen]

Frost Bank commercial??

[Das Texan]

Frost Bank commercial??

with the cooking of the brisket.

[CosmicCowboy]

I made some really awesome black beans inspired by this thread.

I just use the canned black beans...drain off all the juice and then drop in a can of original rotel juice and all.

yum

[Munchelen]

CC....yes I am having another girl!

[CosmicCowboy]

dang girl! You should change your name to Aphrodite!

[Munchelen]

lol....I am thinking this might be my last....but it is my husbands first! Soooooo you never know....we might go for that boy for him....