KenK wrote:
> I like to make soaked dry beans with garlic, a bit of smoked meat, diced
> onion and bullion in a crockpot. Notherns are very good but I don't want to
> get tired of them. I just tried black beans but they weren't that great -
> edible though. Pintos and kidneys seem to work better with chile spices.
> Any suggestions? Cananilli (sp?) beans don't agree with me.

yellow eye aka molasses bean are very good. we also
really like lima beans.

i make most of the beans here plain in nothing but
water because i enjoy the various bean flavors. the
major exception is the split pea soup - that's usually
one we add our leftover ham/ham bones.

i also i make enough to last a week so i might want
to change what i add to them at times. as an example
today i wanted a sweet and sour sauce so i put strawberry
jam and mustard on them along with some cole slaw.


songbird