2 lb Dried pinto beans
1/2 lb Salt meat
1 1/2 lb Ground beef
4 tb Shortening
1 lg Onion; chopped
1 cn (no. 2) tomatoes
1/4 ts Oregano
4    Cloves garlic
1/4 ts Cumin seed
6    Soft chili pods -or-
3 ts Chili powder

Soak beans overnight; cook with salt meat which has been diced. Brown
ground beef and onions in shortening.

Blend other ingredients in blender and add to meat mixture. Add the meat
mixture to the beans and simmer for one hour over low heat.

This is a working mans dish served with rice and jalapeno peppers. Very
good with cornbread.

SOAK BEANS OVERNIGHT