Recipe - Small Red Bean Soup

1 pound Red beans (small)
One half cup Shallots (chopped)
1 teaspoon Black pepper
One half teaspoon Cumin
One fourth teaspoon Oregano
1 Onion (yellow; chopped)
One half Bell pepper (chopped)
One half Tomato (chopped)
Salt (to taste)

Wash the beans. Place pot with enough water on fire, then pour the beans
in. Cook for one hour, then add all spices until everything is cooked. At
last, add the salt.

Keep water on the beans at all times for bean soup. If you desire,beat one
or more eggs and pour into boiling soup before turning the fire off.

SOURCE: 1979 TimesPicayune Recipe Contest Cookbook Typed for you by Nancy
Coleman