Hot Five-Bean Salad

1/4 cup bacon grease**
2/3 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Dash pepper
3/4 cup Bragg's apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 can cut green beans*, drained
1 can lima beans*, drained
1 can cut wax beans*, drained
1 can red kidney beans*, rinsed and drained
1 can garbanzo beans*, drained
8 slices bacon, cooked, crumbled**

In a large skillet heat bacon grease. Combine next 4 ingredients and stir into grease.  Stir in vinegar and water; cook and stir till boiling. Stir beans into skillet.  Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes.  Stir in crumbled bacon.

Hot Five-Bean Salad makes 10-12 servings.

* About 15 oz
** You can just cook the bacon in the skillet, leaving 1/4 cup of grease in the pan.  I usually cook bacon in the oven (400 degrees for 7-10 minutes on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil), and reserve the grease in a mug kept near the stovetop.