Main | African | American | Appetizers | Asian | Baby and Kid | Bakery, Cookies and Candies | BBQ, Grill | Breakfast | Desserts, Ice Cream | Drinks, Wine and Liquor | European | Holiday Specials | Latin American, Mexican | Lunch | Main Entries | Microwave, Home Made | Salads, Salad Dressings | Soups, Noodles, Stew and Steam | Vegetables, Healthy Foods   Basic black beans   Yield: 6 Servings   14 oz Dried black beans      2 qt Water 1/8 ts Baking soda      1/2 ts Ground oregano 2 ts Ground cumin      1 ea Green pepper quartered 1/2 ea Onion finely chopped      3 tb Minced garlic 1/4 c Olive oil      3 tb Cider vinegar 1/4 c Sherry wine  Salt to taste Rinse beans and discard any stones. In a large pot soak beans overnight in water with baking soda oregano cumin and green pepper. The next day add onion garlic olive oil cider vinegar sherry and salt to the water and cook on medium-low heat for about 3 hours or until the beans are very tender and liquid is reduced and somewhat thickened. Make sure liquid in pot does not entirely boil away. To prevent beans from burning add more water when necessary.