Betsy's Calico Bean Soup & Corn Bread Dinner tonight was especially good. Betsy whipped up a mess of her deee-lishus Calico Bean Soup and a big skillet of Corn Bread. This is one of our favorite meals here at Sock Monkey Ranch. After dinner there were monkeys lying all over the ranch with bloated stomachs and happy smiles. We all turned in kinda early, but there must have been a nasty storm that blew in cause rumblings could be heard all through the night. Musta scared every skunk in the area, too cause there was an awful smell hanging in the air next morning. Betsy gave me permission to share her recipe so here it is: Betsy's Calico Bean Soup 1 can Pinto Beans 1 can Kidney Beans 1 can Great Northern or Navy Beans 1 can Chili Beans 1 can Pork-n-Beans 1 can Baby Lima Beans 1 can Black Beans 1 can CannelliniBeans 1 cup chopped onions 2 cups cubed ham 1/2 cup brown sugar (or more if ya like yer beans real sweet) Enough Liquid Smoke to suit yer taste Directions: Just open all the cans of beans and dump into a large pot...liquid and all. Add the rest of the ingredients and cook about an hour. Serve with corn bread. (Betsy wouldn't give me her corn bread recipe, but I just use Jiffy Corn Bread mix...it's right tasty.) <<<<< PREV DIARY ENTRY NEXT DIARY ENTRY >>>>> BACK TO DIARY INDEX