Louisiana Pinto Beans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. pinto beans
1 whole small onion, sliced or chopped
1/2 bell pepper, sliced or chopped
1 stick butter or margarine
black pepper to your taste
salt to taste

Preparation

Take pinto beans; soak in water overnight in a large sealed container.
Put in a larger boiler the next morning, adding onions, bell peppers, black pepper, salt and butter or margarine. Cook under a low fire with a top, adding your meats.
Use fat back with pieces of chopped ham.
Other choices of meat are ham hocks, salt meat or neck bones.
Let cook for 1 1/2 hours.