Boot Scootin' Bean Soup

Ingredients

700 gr pinto beans
450 gr cubed ham
475 ml water
600 ml tomato juice
950 ml chicken stock
3 cans
240 gr onions
3 garlic
5 gr parsley
34 gr green pepper
28 gr brown sugar
8 gr chile powder
4 gr msg
3 gr salt
1 gr bay leaves
2 gr oregano
1 gr cumin
1 gr rosemary
1 gr celery seed
1 gr thyme
1 gr marjoram
1 gr sweet basil
1 gr curry
240 ml sherry

Instructions

Soak beans overnight. Add all other ingredients except sherry and bring to boil. Cook slowly until beans are tender. Add Sherry. Copyrighted, TEXAS WINE SOCIETY COOKBOOK, 1992 Provided by: 'Ol Ed, The Orchid Man