Turtle Bean Soup

Ingredients

• one half pint of black beans
• one half pint white beans
• 4 cups of cold water
• a soup bone
• two onions
• one tablespoon of catsup
• one hard boiled egg
• one lemon

Method

1. 1

   Wash and soak beans overnight.

2. 2

   In the morning, add water and soup bone, salt, and onions.

3. 3

   After beans are soft, strain and mash them.

4. 4

   Add catsup, slice hard-boiled egg and lemon, pour boiling soup over them, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Federation cook book (1910) by Bertha L. Turner, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Turtle Bean Soup Wash and soak over night in water one half pint of black beans, one half pint white beans. In the morning add 4 cups of cold water and a soup bone, salt and two onions original quantity of water putting in from a boiling kettle. After the beans are soft strain through a colander mashing the beans. Last add one tablespoon of catsup. Slice a hard boiled egg and one lemon

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