BEAN CAKES

2 cups mashed beans
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cornmeal
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon chili powder

Mash beans with a fork and add cornmeal, salt, flour and chili powder. Stir well. Add the chopped onion and mix until well blended. If the mixture is too dry, thin it with bean juice or a small amount of water. Heat a skillet and grease it with bacon drippings. When the pan is hot, drop in the bean mixture by the spoonful and mash each cake flat with a spoon. Brown and serve.

Thanks! I want as many options as possible for the preps and that's a great thing to do with the beans once they get boiled down and break apart.

This is how we generally finish off left over black-eyed peas.
Great way to get the fried food feel that one misses after days of soft foods.

gas cakes anyone??

good to know . beans lower blood suger , those of us with the big D eat a lotta beans anyway so we allways like to hear of new ways ta fix em .