re: Homemade bean and bacon soup?

We buy those 15 bean packs all the time and put a smoked ham hock in it as the meat.

Soak them overnight.

Put the soaked beans into a crock pot on low with a ham hock. Cut up an entire sweet onion. A carton of beef stock should be enough to cover it completely. Let it cook for about 4 hours.

Take out the hock and shred the meat into small pieces. Season the beans with salt, pepper, garlic and little Cajun seasoning for a kick. Put the meat back into the pot and cook for another 4 hours.

fricking delicious.