Pinto Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. dry beans
3/4 tsp. ground ginger
3 Tbsp. melted meat drippings
1 1/2 tsp. salt or to taste
1 heaping Tbsp. sugar

Preparation

Look over beans and remove all split beans and gravel (if any).
Rinse well.
Put into 2 to 3-quart saucepan.
Add ginger; bring to boil and cover with lid.
Cook until beans have swollen and turned color, about 1 hour.
Add grease and salt and continue to cook, keeping water about 1-inch above beans at all times.
When beans begin to get tender, add sugar and cook until very tender.