Recipe - Bean And Bacon Soup

2 cup Pinto beans (dried)
1 teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Pepper
4 Bacon slices, cut in squares
4 Carrots, chopped
4 Celery stalks, chopped
One half teaspoon Thyme (dried)
1 Garlic clove, minced
4 ounce Can of tomato paste
2 tablespoon Olive oil
1 Onion, chopped
1 tablespoon Wine vinegar

The approximate cooking time is 3 hours.

Cover the washed beans with 68 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce
heat, cover and boil gently for 1 hour and then simmer while still covered.
Stir about every 15 minutes for the ENTIRE time the beans are cooking.

After the beans have been cooking for about 1 hour and 45 minutes chop the
onion and celery and carrots. Slice the four slices of bacon into 1"
squares. Saute the onion, celery and bacon squares in the olive oil for
about 10 minutes. Add to the beans along with the thyme, chopped carrots
and tomato paste. Simmer uncovered for another hour until the beans are
tender and slightly mash the beans. Add the salt, pepper and wine vinegar
before serving. Submitted By JSCHLANK@PACIFICNET.NET On THU, 21 DEC 1995
200833 0500

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