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The North American Indians made patties of black beans and cornmeal, cooking them over campfires.
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Brown rice has been added to give them more substance, though the Native Americans on the plains would have used wild rice.
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For a main dish, you can make or buy a mushroom gravy to serve over the patties, serving with a green vegetable and salad.
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Uncooked patties can be wrapped in wax paper and frozen, then for a quick meal you can defrost and fry or grill.
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This is a nice way to use up leftover rice or beans, but you can also cook some for the occasion.
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For breakfast, you can serve with warm maple syrup.
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Cool the beans and rice, if you have just cooked them.
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Combine all the ingredients well.
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Add more cornmeal as needed to form a stiff dough.
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Form into patties.
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Add corn oil to a frying pan and fry, or grill over charcoal.
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Cooking black beans: put 1 cup dry black beans in 3 cups water and store overnight (a quart canning jar works well for this.)
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Bring to a boil in fresh water and simmer around 40 minutes.
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Cooking brown rice: place 1 cup brown rice in 2 1/2 cups water.
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Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer until water has disappeared, about 35 minutes.
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Let the rice rest with cover on an additional 10 minutes.
