Red Kidney Bean Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pt. kidney beans
• 2 bay leaves, (soaked over night)
• 12 whole cloves
• 2 qts. cold water
• 6 whole spice
• 2 whole grains pepper
• 1 gill cream
• 1 egg
• 1 small onion
• Small steak bone
• 1 lemon
• Salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Place steak bone and beans on in the cold water, add bay leaf, cloves, pepper and spice.

2. 2

   Boil slowly 3 hours, adding water if necessary.

3. 3

   Add onion sliced.

4. 4

   Boil 2 hours longer, mash thru sieve twice.

5. 5

   When ready to serve add salt, cream, sherry, lemon sliced thin, egg boiled hard and chopped fine.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 70. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

RED KIDNEY BEAN SOUP. (Very delicious). 1 pt. kidney beans. 2 bay leaves, (soaked over night). 12 whole cloves. 2 qts. cold water. 6 whole spice. 2 whole grains pepper. 1 gill cream. 1 egg. 1 small onion. Small steak bone 1 lemon. Salt to taste

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