Granny's Beans

Ingredients

Dry Pinto Beans
Dried Onion
Dried Garlic (or fresh minced)
Ham Hock

Sort through beans looking for rocks and unsightly irregular beans; rinse.  Add water to generously cover the beans( approx. 2" above beans; does not need to be exact)  Add dried onions and garlic.  Let sit overnight to soften dry beans.  Next day, drain beans and rinse under cold water.  Place in pot and add ham hock.  Add water to beans to 1"-2" above beans.  Bring water to boil and then lower heat to low and cook 6-8 hours until beans are soft and liquid is slightly thickened.  Add additional water to beans during cooking process to keep from drying out; always keeping beans covered with water.  After cooked add salt to taste and preferably let sit for 1 hour, covered, before serving.  They can be served as soon as they are done as well. May remove ham hock or strip it of it's meat and add to beans.

Quick Soaking Method:
After sorting and rinsing beans, add onions and garlic.  Cover generously with water and bring to boil.
Turn off heat and cover.  Let beans sit for 1 hour covered.  After sitting for the hour, drain and rinse;  Then follow recipe above (at point of "Place beans in pot").