Path: swen.emba.uvm.edu!news.cs.utah.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!mack.rt66.com!mack.rt66.com!not-for-mail From: sam@electricon.com (Sam Waring) Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: %Cowpoke Beans Followup-To: rec.food.cooking Date: 15 Feb 1996 07:07:00 -0700 Organization: Austin InfoMail Association - Austin, Texas Lines: 50 Sender: phill@mack.rt66.com Approved: phill@rt66.com Message-ID: Reply-To: sam@electricon.com (Sam Waring) NNTP-Posting-Host: mack.rt66.com Status: O On 7 Feb 96 Eugene Kraay said this about that: EK> My son needs an authentic "Cowboy Recipe" for a school project. This comes as close as anything. If there was one thing a cowboy could be sure he'd eat lots of on trail drives, it was beans. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02 Title: COWPOKE BEANS Categories: Vegetables Yield: 1 batch 1 lb Pinto beans, dried Ham bone 1 Chile ancho (opt) 1 ts Salt 1/4 lb Suet; chopped 1 lg Onion; chopped 1 Garlic clove; chopped 4 Tomato, ripe; chopped -(for authenticity, use 1 -pound canned tomatoes) 1/2 ts Cumin, ground 1/2 ts Marjoram, dried 1 1/2 T Chili powder 1 ts Salt Cover beans with cold water and soak overnight. Next day add the ham bone, red chili pepper and salt to the UNDRAINED beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer gently for several hours or till beans are tender. Drain and save liquid. Toward the end of the cooking period, heat suet in a large skillet, stir in onion and garlic, and cook for 5 minutes or till onions take on a little color. Add tomatoes, 1 cup of the bean liquid and all remaining ingredients. Cook over a low heat, stirring frequently, for 45 minutes. Combine with beans and continue simmering gently for 20 minutes. MMMMM Sam Waring sam.waring@382-91-12.ima.infomail.com * ~~~ Rec.food.recipes is moderated; only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please read the "Posting Guidelines" article. Recipes/requests go to recipes@rt66.com; questions/comments go to tfdpress@acpub.duke.edu. Please allow several days for your submission to appear.