Lone Star Sixteen Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

red kidney beans
black-eyed peas
garbanzo beans
green split peas
yellow split peas
baby limas
large and small navy beans
large white butter beans
field peas
speckled limas
pinto beans
lentils
black beans
pink beans
red beans
juice from 2 lemons
1 to 2 cloves garlic
2 cans tomatoes
2 large onions, quartered
4 qt. water
2 jalapeno peppers, deseeded and finely chopped (optional)
2 lb. meat*
2 green bell peppers
1 Tbsp. chili powder
salt and pepper
2 c. brown rice

Preparation

Cook all day (6 to 8 hours).
Add water if needed. Serve with cornbread and big spoons!