Growing up, I spent quite a bit of time at my best friend's house. Being poor they would often make "Beans". I loved it! I am not sure exactly what beans they used, but I think they were Pinto beans. However, I know that pinto beans are not as dark as what they served. So I tried Black beans and pinto beans that last time. This gave the dark "gravy" that I remember.
After an all night soak I drained the water (Beans had swelled to gigantic proportions!) and placed the beans in the crock pot with a bunch of leftover ham and let it cook from about 7:00 am til about 4:00 pm and they were still kind of firm, so I turned the pot on high and let it go few more hours and they were pretty good.
BUT! I would like to season them a bit better. I added only enough salt to make them edible and figured I could add a bit to each bowl. I'm just curious if anyone has any ideas on some seasonings for basic "beans". Not baked beans, barbque beans, etc like that. Just beans.
Also finally got some biscuits to turn out, so I'm pretty happy. Nothing like biscuits and beans with eggs for breakfast, unless it's Biscuits and gravy with eggs for breakfast!
After an all night soak I drained the water (Beans had swelled to gigantic proportions!) and placed the beans in the crock pot with a bunch of leftover ham and let it cook from about 7:00 am til about 4:00 pm and they were still kind of firm, so I turned the pot on high and let it go few more hours and they were pretty good.
BUT! I would like to season them a bit better. I added only enough salt to make them edible and figured I could add a bit to each bowl. I'm just curious if anyone has any ideas on some seasonings for basic "beans". Not baked beans, barbque beans, etc like that. Just beans.
Also finally got some biscuits to turn out, so I'm pretty happy. Nothing like biscuits and beans with eggs for breakfast, unless it's Biscuits and gravy with eggs for breakfast!