Recipe - Pinto Beans And Ham Hocks

1 pound Dry beans; {Pinto, red,
Anasazi,or Black eyed peas}
1 pound Sliced, smoked ham hocks
1 tablespoon Chives; chopped
1 md Onion; chopped fine
Garlic powder; to taste
Salt; to taste
Pepper; to taste
1 Celery stalk; cut or sliced up very
thin
1/8 teaspoon Ginger, powdered

{for vegetarians, hamhocks are optional}

Starting the night before... Wash and sort beans. Rinse well. Pour into
crockpot. Add hamhocks. Cover with water to just below rim. add other
ingred. Cover and turn on high. After 2 hours, check water, fill to below
rim, if needed. Turn to low and let cook for at least 18 hrs. Before
serving, stir well and remove hamhock bones. Reminder= the longer it
cooks, the better it tastes.

Serve with fresh, hot cornbread, or garlic bread.

From : Mark Drake
10May90

Posted By waring@ima.infomail.com (Sam Waring) On rec.food.recipes or
rec.food.cooking

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