Kidney Bean Soup
This a very hearty soup with a nice intense flavor. In Argentina they call beans porotos, and kidney beans are called porotos colorados. This is also good with black beans or limas, which are called porotos de manteca, or butter beans . Argentines don't eat many beans, for two reasons - they are associated with the indigenous peoples and poverty, and also because of that "musical fruit" thing. We know that the more frequently you eat beans the less musical you get, and beans are slowly becoming more "sophisticated" here. For the stock: 100 - 200 g. bacon Panceta salada (or ahumada ), chopped in small pieces 1 lb. - Kidney beans cooked, with the cooking liquid (see below) 1 - Large yellow onion, chopped 2 - cloves garlic, chopped (more to taste) 2 - stalks celery with plenty of leaves, chopped 2 - fresh jalapenos, minced, more to taste 1 T - ground cumin 1 T - oregano plenty of black pepper 1 Can chopped tomatoes Boiling water Soup Ingredients 1.5 lb boilin...