Brenda's Black Bean Soup

Directions

Put your beans in a soup pot and cover with water.

Boil, take off the fire and let sit til cool.

Cook onions and bell peppers in ½ the oleo until limp.

Add them and the ham hocks and orange to the cooled beans; cover charitably with water.

Simmer until beans is soft (1 to 2 hours).

Fish out the orange right now, before it gets tore up.

With the rest of the oleo, brown the flour in a black frying pan, then stir it into the beans.