Hmmm Ch'le 'n beanz Terry, We were in Oaxaca over TXng and learned lot about the beauty of really simple food such as you describe. We saw fresh black beans in a market that looked like perfect little orbs of onyx. I mean totally fresh, just picked, perfect shiny beans. We were in a rush and so I did not buy, nor did I have the means to cook them. But, oh I wished to taste the flavour in those precious little orbs. Carne asada. Words loaded with hidden meaning. I will leave the rest of this to one who used to see a worm in every bottle, had oft a tempting hand on my (artificially colored) red neck, and taught me the difference between fresh water shrimp and shrimping. -- -- Regards, Cameron