jabbur
Master Chef
Okay, I soaked the beans overnight. This morning I drained and rinsed, put them in a pot with 2 ham hocks and 8 cups water. I figured I make the whole pound since I wanted to mash some up to thicken it. I guess this was all done by 9:00am. I let it cook all morning. Stirred occasionally. About an hour to hour and a half before I wanted to serve them I added chopped onions, garlic and pepper. Half and hour before serving I baked the cornbread. Oh I forgot, before adding the onions I took out the hocks, cooled them while chopping the onion. Removed the meat and added it back in. All in all I think they came out good. I think next time I will use a little less water and a little less garlic. (I added 1 tbs minced). I used the navy beans this time since it was the first bag I came to in the pantry. I think I will add more meat next time too. Thanks everyone for all your tips. This was definitely an easy meal to fix.