Just Like Mom Made Black Soup and Corn Bread The Battle with a Ham-hock buy the full episode for 3 and help fund season two Recipe s Below HOT TIP Start Early DAYTON S BLACK BEAN SOUP 1lb dried black beans 1 4 cup olive oil 3 yellow onions 4 cloves garlic 1 ham hock or meaty ham bone 1 1 2 tsp dried oregano 1 bay leafe 1 4 tsp curry powder 1 1 4 salt 1 1 2 tsp cumin 1 2 tsp tabasco 3 4 tsp ground pepper 3 TBSP parsley chopped and divided 10 cups water or 1 2 water 1 2 beef broth 1 red or green pepper 1 1 2 tsp lime juice 1 1 2 tsp brown sugar 3 TBSP Sherry optional garnish cheese onion sour cream parsley Wash and soak beans over night Drain amp combine next 11 ingredients that s olive oil up to ground pepper plus 1 TBSP parsley Add liquid water beef broth Simmer UNCOVERED 2-3 hour or until bean are tender Puree 2 cups of beans return to pot Remove hambone cut up meat return to pot Stir in remaining parsley green red pepper lime juice brown sugar sherry Cook another 30 minutes Stir loads CORNBREAD 1 cup milk 1 4 cup butter melted 1 egg 1 1 4cups yellow white or blue cornmeal 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 2 cup sugar 1 TBSP baking powder 1 2 tsp salt Heat oven to 400F 200C Grease bottom and sides of 9 inch round pan or 8 in square pan with oil butter or cooking spray In one large bowl beat milk butter and egg with a wire whisk Stir in remaining ingredients all at once till flour is moistened batter will be lumpy Pour into pan Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean Serve warm