Vegetarian Cholent, Crockpot I

Ingredients

• 1/3-1/2 cup dried soy beans, soaked
• 12 or more shiitake mushrooms, soaked enough to remove stems
• Water you soaked the mushrooms in
• 1-3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 very large carrots or 1 pound regular carrots, peeled and chunked
• 6 medium potatoes-chunked, not peeled
• 1 large or 2 medium onions
• 1 large green pepper
• 3-4 stalks celery
• 1-3 smashed cloves of garlic
• l 8 ounces can tomato sauce
• 1/2-3/4 cup wine, either dry sherry or other dry wine
• 2-3 teaspoons vegetable or chicken-flavor soup powder
• 12 whole cloves
• 10-12 whole peppercorns
• salt
• freshly ground pepper
• water, 1-2 cups if needed
• 6 eggs in their shells (optional)