I had a large meaty bone left over from a fresh ham. Hmmm...what to
do, what to do...good for soup, but no smoky flavor..I took some very
heavily smoked slab bacon - about 6-8 ounces, cubed it, cooked it up
in the bottom of a heavy soup pot.

In went.........

1-1/2 tbs of medium heat chile powder
1 large diced Spanish onion
3 diced celery stalks,
2 cut up carrots,
3 garlic cloves
2 fresh bay leaves
1 small can of chiles
1 large can of tomatoes, with the liquid
1 lb of pre-soaked black beans
1.5 quarts of chicken stock plus some water to top it all off

....and of course, that big bone.

Not bad...not bad at all. Served with a squeeze of lime and some
chopped cilantro.

Boron

Boron Elgar wrote:
I had a large meaty bone left over from a fresh ham. Hmmm...what to
do, what to do...good for soup, but no smoky flavor..I took some very
heavily smoked slab bacon - about 6-8 ounces, cubed it, cooked it up
in the bottom of a heavy soup pot.

In went.........

1-1/2 tbs of medium heat chile powder
1 large diced Spanish onion
3 diced celery stalks,
2 cut up carrots,
3 garlic cloves
2 fresh bay leaves
1 small can of chiles
1 large can of tomatoes, with the liquid
1 lb of pre-soaked black beans
1.5 quarts of chicken stock plus some water to top it all off

...and of course, that big bone.

Not bad...not bad at all. Served with a squeeze of lime and some
chopped cilantro.

No tequila? I think it's illegal to have black been soup without
tequila.

In article ,
Boron Elgar wrote:

I had a large meaty bone left over from a fresh ham. Hmmm...what to
do, what to do...good for soup, but no smoky flavor..I took some very
heavily smoked slab bacon - about 6-8 ounces, cubed it, cooked it up
in the bottom of a heavy soup pot.

In went.........

1-1/2 tbs of medium heat chile powder
1 large diced Spanish onion
3 diced celery stalks,
2 cut up carrots,
3 garlic cloves
2 fresh bay leaves
1 small can of chiles
1 large can of tomatoes, with the liquid
1 lb of pre-soaked black beans
1.5 quarts of chicken stock plus some water to top it all off

...and of course, that big bone.

Not bad...not bad at all. Served with a squeeze of lime and some
chopped cilantro.

Boron

Oh yeah...... ;-d

Lentils and split peas also go well with ham bones.

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

Sheldon sez:

No tequila? I think it's illegal to have black been soup without
tequila.

The tequila's a go-with, served on the side with a nice, fat lime wedge; Don
Julio's my current choice, but it doesn't come cheap, alas.

Boron, the soup sounds mighty tasty!

Spitz
--
"Home, James, and don't spare the horses!"

In article .com,
"Sheldon" wrote:

Boron Elgar wrote:
I had a large meaty bone left over from a fresh ham. Hmmm...what to
do, what to do...good for soup, but no smoky flavor..I took some very
heavily smoked slab bacon - about 6-8 ounces, cubed it, cooked it up
in the bottom of a heavy soup pot.

In went.........

1-1/2 tbs of medium heat chile powder
1 large diced Spanish onion
3 diced celery stalks,
2 cut up carrots,
3 garlic cloves
2 fresh bay leaves
1 small can of chiles
1 large can of tomatoes, with the liquid
1 lb of pre-soaked black beans
1.5 quarts of chicken stock plus some water to top it all off

...and of course, that big bone.

Not bad...not bad at all. Served with a squeeze of lime and some
chopped cilantro.

No tequila? I think it's illegal to have black been soup without
tequila.


Only if served with Tortilla chips...... ;-D
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:54:24 -0800, "Spitzmaus"
wrote:

Sheldon sez:

No tequila? I think it's illegal to have black been soup without
tequila.

The tequila's a go-with, served on the side with a nice, fat lime wedge; Don
Julio's my current choice, but it doesn't come cheap, alas.

Boron, the soup sounds mighty tasty!

Spitz


The soup was really, good, I have to admit. Tomorrow we will have it
over rice, I think.

No tequila, though. Neither of us drinks. We don't care for alcohol.

Boron

Boron Elgar wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:54:24 -0800, "Spitzmaus"
wrote:

Sheldon sez:

No tequila? I think it's illegal to have black been soup without
tequila.

The tequila's a go-with, served on the side with a nice, fat lime
wedge; Don Julio's my current choice, but it doesn't come cheap,
alas.

Boron, the soup sounds mighty tasty!

Spitz


The soup was really, good, I have to admit. Tomorrow we will have it
over rice, I think.

No tequila, though. Neither of us drinks. We don't care for alcohol.

Boron

Sounds lovely! You know how much I love soup... yeee haaa!

Jill