Meditation is a middle sort of duty between the word and prayer, and hath respect to both. The word feedeth meditation, and meditation feedeth prayer. These duties must always go hand in hand; meditation must follow hearing and precede prayer. To hear and not to meditate is unfruitful. We may hear and hear, but it is like putting a thing into a bag with holes… It is rashness to pray and not to meditate. What we take in the word we digest by meditation and let out by prayer. These three duties must be ordered that one may not jostle out the other. Men are barren, dry, and sapless in their prayers for want of exercising themselves in holy thoughts.

Thomas Manton

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains			4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Chanterelles; cleaned & halved
2	lb	Shiitake; cleaned & stems removed
3	c	Tomato juice
3	c	Orange juice
1	bn	Fresh thyme; plus
1 1/2	tb	Fresh thyme
2	c	Dried black beans
1/4	c	Peanut oil; divided
2	lg	Onions; diced
8		Cloves garlic; minced
2	lg	Sweet green peppers; diced
2		Ancho chiles; minced
1		Chipotle chile; minced
1		Pasilla chili; minced
1/2		Habanero chile; minced
15		Plum tomatoes; seeded & quartered
2	c	Fresh corn kernels
1	bn	Scallions; diced
3	tb	Oregano
3	tb	Toasted cumin seeds; ground
2	c	Sour cherries

INSTRUCTIONS

Set mushrooms aside.
Boil tomato & orange juices, then add the bunch of thyme and the beans.
Simmer covered 1 1/2 hours.
Heat 1/2 of the peanut oil (1/8 cup), add onion and garlic and brown. Add
pepper, chiles, tomatoes and simmer 20 minutes; add com, scallion, oregano,
the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons thyme and the cumin and simmer 20 minutes;
add beans and simmer.
While beans simmer heat remaining 1/8 C. peanut oil in a saute pan until
smoking hot. Add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes. Add to chile-bean mixture,
stir well and simmer 20 minutes. Add cherries and serve.
No servings given - guesstimate 4? CHEF DU JOUR JACK MCDAVID SHOW #DJ9181
Recipe by: Jack McDavid
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #816 by Holly Butman
<butma001@acpub.duke.edu> on Sep 28, 1997

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