Burnt Beans

So here is how the story goes.....We were having tacos for supper last night and I decided that I would like to have some pinto beans with them. I knew that they took a long time to cook so I wanted to put them in the crock pot that morning and let them cook all day. Having never cooked pinto beans in my crock pot I called my mother....I asked her how much water to add and she said cover them about half way....I thought to myself that this seemed kind of weird but I did it anyway. So I put the beans in the pot and then covered them "halfway" with water which if you are wondering...it is not much water....What my mom ment for me to understand was to put the beans in the pot and fill the CROCK POT half way with water....So when I got home the beans were BURNT. As you can see from the picture they were black and rock hard. I think that they might have been harder than they were to start with, if that is possible. Lucky for me Robert was not going to be home for another 2 hours. I put new beans on the stove in a pot with LOTS OF WATER and just let them boil. I quickly opened the windows and lit candles to get rid of the smell. The new beans were perfect and the house smelled good by the time that Robert arrived home.... LESSON LEARNED!!