Mofiiers Baked Beans

Ingredients:

2 lhs. pinto beans, dried
1 ham hock (bone from ham)
1 tsp. soda, baking
1 can tomatoes, crushed
1 can jalapefio peppers, diced
pound ground meat, browned and cooked until done tsp. salt (or to taste)

Instructions:

Soak beans in water overnight. Next morning, cook beans in water about 4 hours, adding ham hock after 2 hours of cooking. Add baking soda last hour. Add rest of ingredients, mixing well. Continue cooking for at )east one more hour. Serve with cornbread and lots of fresh vege-tables!!