Yummy Pinto Beans

3 cups of water to every cup of beans
1/2 tsp salt for every cup of beans
1/2 tsp cumin for every tsp beans
1 tablespoon minced garlic for every 4 cups of beans
1/3 onion to every 4 cups of beans

Rinse beans.  Put beans and water in a crock pot on low (or roaster oven at 170.) Add the salt.  Cook for 10 hours.  Add in cumin. Cook for another 6 hours or until soft.  You can freeze the beans with juice or without depending on what you want to use them for later.