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kelly g...it is almost like the old saying, but changed ..it takes one and a coupon to buy a bag of beans but a village to cook em....glad you got them done and tastey. now i may try them again...mine uually taste like beans in water.

Just thought I'd tell you all, a friend suggested putting 2 teaspoons baking soda in the beans to get the gas out. So far so good, after 3 bowls in two days time absolutely no gas here. Yea!

The pintos are delicious! Thanks for everyone's help.

Thanks Bushman. I can't wait to try you tex-mex beans.

KellyG, better get those canning supplies out. You are going to have leftover beans.

Quack, I think they'll be done by 6 or 7 tonight, which is fine. A friend reminded me that I am not using a high pressure cooking method, that I am using a crockpot (slowcooker) which will take longer. Plus I am cooking 2 pounds! But thanks for the comment about me being an excellent cook Quack, why would you ever think otherwise?

grannynanny ,,,try these ,my friend in Austin sent me this recipe a few years ago and they are great.I add more Fresh Jalapeno when you serve them.
Texas Pintos
4 cups dry pinto beans, picked and washed
Large onion, chopped
1 large jar Salsa (You pick the heat!)
1 Tbl garlic powder
1 Tbl chili powder
2 tsp ***in
10 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Soak beans in water in large pot overnight,
Pick and sort the next day. Put beans in large pot and bring to a boil.
When beans start boiling add remaining ingredients and
R educe heat to low and cook for 2 - 3 hours or until beans are tender. Serve hot with cornbread.

Kelly, No supper tonight.
I don't understand I thought you were and excellent cook. Do you know what happen or what you did so those pintos want cook. Are you sure you plugged up the crock pot? This is so funny.

These beans have been on since 8:30 this morning and still aren't done

i also have put in a teaspoon or 2 of peanut butter. it makes them more creamery

Well I put my beans on around 8:30 this morning after they had soaked all night, I put the hamhock on last night before I went to bed so both are in the crockpot. I couldn't believe how much those beans swelled up overnight. I have an entire crockpot full of beans and they hubby doesn't even eat pintos! I can't wait to try them tonight. Thanks for all your help folks

I don't know how it is done, but the Tex-Mex way is using carrots and jalapeno's. Really good and a complelely different flavor.

Sort through the beans and pick out bad ones and the rocks.
Put the beans in a bowl and add one can of chicken broth.
Just add a little water to finish covering the beans completely..
Let the beans sit overnight and absorb the broth mixture.
Fry up at least 1/2 lb of bacon until crisp.
Saute one cut up onion in the bacon grease.
Fry up a little fat back as well.
Transfer beans to crock pot and add water and a chicken boulion cube.
Crumble up bacon and stir into beans.
add fatback.
Add salt pepper and A little hot sauce to taste.
Cook on low all day. Stirring occasionally.
Remember the more you stir the thicker the bean "juice" will get.
My grand mother would add a couple of carrots to the beans as well. This was supposed to help absorb the ummm gas out of the beans. All it did was create a fight for the carrots between my dad and I.
Gotta fight fire with fire ya know....

Sounds likle an old hymn from church. lol

My pintos are washed and now soaking in water

Pinto Beans
1 pound pinto beans
2 small or 1 large ham hocks
1 small strip ham fat (if hock is lean)
water, to cover by 1 inch
1/2 teaspoon crushed dried red pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 small onion chopped fine (Optional but taste great)
Place all ingredients in a large crock pot and bring to a boil,
covered, and cook for 4 or more hours.
Check after 2 hours and add more water if needed.
I like to have a lot of soup in the beans for the cornbread.
Remove the ham hock and break up the ham into small pieces; add to beans.
Serves with cornbread and chopped onions.

Boy, I would be honored to make you a pot of pinto's but to be honest, when my husband feels like it, he even makes them better. He cooks them in a old black pot on a tripod over a wood fire. When he does this, we cook two or three pounds and then I can them. To me they are better than Luck's and a whole lot cheaper.

GRANNYNANNY....Will you be my granny and fix me a pot of these? That is how my aunt beulah made them and they were always gone on sunday by mid afternoon.

Thanks Ashlou, it's nice to know a quick version of "from scratch"

Honestly I take the easy route...I buy a bag (small bag) from Food Lion...rinse them in water & make sure they aint no rocks in them...& then throw them in a pot, put enough water to cover them & but some butter in & lots of salt...if I have it I'll throw in a ham hock...but to me they are just as good without them...they take about 4 hours to cook...you have to check on them ever-so-often to make sure they have enough water.

grannynanny, thanks! This sounds like what my Nanny says she does too! I'm going to the store later to get some. Watchout though! The hubby doesn't like beans so I'll be eating them all week