Southern Beans and Cornbread

By carolync

Ingredients

• Southern "Soup Beans" and Cornbread
• 1/2 lb. pinto beans
• 1/2 lb. red kidney beans
• 6 cups water
• 2-3 meaty ham hocks, or a slab of fat back
• 4 slices of bacon, fried and chopped
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• Southern Cornbread
• 1/4 cup of bacon drippings
• 1-1/2 cups regular yellow cornmeal (not self rising)
• 3 tablespoons of all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 2 cups of buttermilk, more or less (see note on how to make your own buttermilk below)
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten

Preparation

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