Another callback for the recipe. We've been making these for years and always had a big crowd to enjoy them with. With the last year and not visiting family or friends, my wife and I decided the full size pot is too much fiber for my system, if you get what I mean.
We have cut the recipe in half, with one 27 ounce can of beans and a 12 ounce can of Clamato juice. We just half the rest of the ingredients and seed the Serrano peppers. Since she doesn't like the bacon in the beans, we saut the onions, Serrano peppers and cilantro in bacon grease and add ham chunks to the pot.
We get 2-3 servings each, which keeps us from having to store them any longer. Many thanks to B-1 83 for sharing the recipe.
One other thing, is to remind anyone that is eating them with you for the first time, let them know about the Clamato juice; a couple of years ago we made a batch and casually mentioned the Clamato, only to find out my brother's wife has a severe allergy to shellfish that we were not aware of.