Oh, and since this is a fart thread for the most part, I should point out that I have have spent the past two hours "babying" a giant stock pot of beans.
I started with a pound of bacon, like cowboys do, then, once it was rendered to mostly greease, I started setting in some of the freshly washed (unlike cowboys, I suspect) beams.
I now have hard-fried beans in a gallon or so of beer (water comes later, as the whole thing cooks done some) making my morning seem more fun than its its individual parts.
I can not wait to fart!
Well, I will have to WAIT since the beans are just yet becoming a bit chewy.
I will report back.