Pinto Beans, simmered in ham hocks

[CatWoman]

When they are about 3/4 done, I'm gonna add Chorizio.

Serve over white rice. YUM!!!!!

39 degrees here, and raining.

Great comfort food on an uncomfortable day.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. PM me...

Your address. I'll start walkin'. ;-)

[CatWoman]

2. LOL

:hi:

[SiobhanClancy]

3. That sounds wonderful!

Just the thing for a chilly day. I might have to try to make that myself sometime soon:)

Having beef stew here..

[flamingyouth]

4. I could simmer my shoes in ham hocks and love them

Mmmmm ... haaaaam hocks....

Today's obviously Simmering Saturday - I'm making a beef stew now.

[oneighty]

5. Please send some!

We got cornbread!

Ed

[CatWoman]

6. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

cornbread!!!!

Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Catfish]

7. That's a favorite dish here in WV.

But minus the chorizo. I like red beans, black beans, and my favorite are speckled butter beans. Anyway, beans, rice, and cornbread is a great meal.

[SiobhanClancy]

8. Butter beans!!

I haven't had those in years..they are yummy:)

[Catfish]

10. I like all types

of butter beans. But the speckled butter beans you can get down south are the best to me, especially homegrown. It does take a lot of shucking to get a pot of them though.

[supernova]

9. Yummy!

I had turnip greens and vinegar for lunch. :9

[chimpymustgo]

11. I'll be there about 6:00. Can I bring beer, wine?

Greens?

[CatWoman]

12. GREENS!!!!!!!

Boy I could really go for a plate of collards..............

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......................

[chimpymustgo]

13. I'm actually cooking a BIG pot of chicken soup right now.

Lima beans, corn, onions, carrots, celery. Um, um, good. We're supposed to get snow tonight. Gonna make a fire shortly.

Snuggle up.

[CatWoman]

14. are all your veggies fresh?

:9

[chimpymustgo]

15. I cannot tell a lie. I use frozen corn and limas. It's December.

But everything else fresh. It's still damn good.

[CatWoman]

16. Sounds very good

a guy in the Army taught me how to make homemade chicken soup :D

[chimpymustgo]

18. What do you put in yours?

nt

[CatWoman]

20. cut up chicken and boil

both white and dark meat.

Let it cool, skim fat.

Boil second time.

Let it cool, skim fat. At this point also remove bones, and shred/chop chicken.

In stock and shredded chicken, add carrots, celery, buillon, salt, pepper, chopped onion, bay leaf.

Keep stirring at a simmer.

Take out bay leaves and add noodles (after about 45 mins.)

Simmer another 20 mins or so.

Good eating!!!!!!

[chimpymustgo]

21. Ah, that sounds good.

I've been adding crushed tomatoes and Tabasco to mine, lately. Though I sometimes go with the broth base. Also use potatoes.

I use 4 skinless boneless chicken breasts, and 4 skinless thighs, with bone. I leave the bones in the soup. I love working on those bones at the end.

Bon appetit!

[CatWoman]

22. got to have that tabasco

:D

[Nlighten1]

17. throw in some collard greens and some corn bread...

mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[solinvictus]

19. Yumm!!

[Padraig18]

23. YUM!

It seems to be a 'bean day', because Tony's making Cuban black bean soup; 28 and snowing lightly here.. :)