Dried Bean Soup

Ingredients

• 2 quarts dried beans
• 1 gallon stock
• 2 pounds bacon
• 1 gallon boiling water
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Wash the beans and soak them overnight.

2. 2

   In the morning, drain the water off, cover with boiling water, add the bacon, and boil gently for two hours or more; now add the stock.

3. 3

   Press the beans through a sieve, return them to the soup kettle, and bring to a boil; add salt and pepper, and serve with toasted bread.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DRIED BEAN SOUP (FROM STOCK). 2 (juarts dried beans. 1 gallon stock. 2 pounds bacon. 1 gallon boiling water. Salt and pepper to taste

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