Categories: Pork, Main dish 
      Yield: 4 servings 
  
      1 lb Dried red beans 
      1    Garlic clove chopped 
  1 1/2 lb Smoked sausage cut 
      1 t  Dried thyme 
           Into chunks 
      1 t  Ground pepper 
      8 oz Smoked ham shanks 
    1/2 t  Sage 
      1    Large onion chopped 
      1 pn Cayenne pepper 
           Salt 
           Freshly cooked rice 
  
  Place beans in Dutch oven and cover generously with 
  water.   Let soak 30 minutes. 
  Add remaining ingredients to beans except salt and 
  rice.   Bring to boil over  medium  high heat. 
    Reduce heat to medium low,  cover and  simmer until 
  beans  are tender,  adding more water if necessary 
  (about  2  1/2 hours).   Add  salt  to  taste. 
    Discard ham  bones.   Remove  about  3 tablespoons 
  of  beans from mixture and mash to paste;  return to 
  Dutch oven and stir.  Simmer 15 more minutes.  Serve 
  over hot rice.