Name: Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Ingredients: 1 c Dried black-eyed peas; 2 c Boiling water; 4 c Cold water; 3/4 ts Salt; Pepper to taste; 6 sl Bacon; Lemon slices; 1/2 c Cream; whipped (optional); Ground nutmeg (optional)

The doctrine of concurrence affirms that God directs, and works through, the distinctive properties of each created thing, so that these things themselves bring about the results that we see. In this way it is possible to affirm that in one sense events are fully (100 percent) caused by God and fully (100 percent) caused by the creature as well. However, divine and creaturely causes work in different ways. The divine cause of each event works as an invisible, behind-the-scenes, directing cause and therefore could be called the 'primary cause' that plans and initiates everything that happens. But the created thing brings about actions in ways consistent with the creature’s own properties [which God unchangeably gave and sustains], ways that can often be described by us or by professional scientists who carefully observe the processes. These creaturely factors and properties can therefore be called the 'secondary' causes of everything that happens, even though they are the causes that are evident to us by observation (Wayne Grudem and Jeff Purswell).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Soup	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Dried black-eyed peas
2	c	Boiling water
4	c	Cold water
3/4	ts	Salt
		Pepper to taste
6	sl	Bacon
		Lemon slices
1/2	c	Cream; whipped (optional)
		Ground nutmeg (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash peas. Pour boiling water over them and soak for 6 hours or overnight.
Add the cold water, salt, pepper, and 1 slice bacon. Bring to a boil,
cover, and simmer for 2 hours. Mash peas to a smooth paste (a blender is
fine for this), and heat with the liquid to the boiling point. Cook 5
slices of bacon until crisp, and crumble in the bottom of soup bowls. Add a
very thin slice of lemon to each bowl. Fill bowls with soup, float a
spoonful of whipped cream on top of each and sprinkle with nutmeg. Yield: 6
to 8 servings.
SOAK BEANS OVERNIGHT
From <The Progressive Farmer's Southern Country Cookbook>, by the editors
of the 'Progressive Farmer Magazine'.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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