11.   Some people believe that red beans cannot be cooked without a ham bone.

12.   The beans are cooked slowly with aromatic vegetables and herbs.

13.   The slow cooker is definitely one of the best ways to cook dried beans.

14.   They cook the beans first, of course.

15.   They then gave the beans the typical two-day soaking in cold water that people use before cooking the beans.

16.   You can cook dried beans on high or low heat, depending on your time schedule.

17.   You can cook the beans ahead of time, then wrap them in the strips of bacon.

18.   Women grind corn by hand and cook beans over wood fires.