Recipe - Bouncing Baby Blueberry Delight By Tgi Fridays

1 pound Red kidney beans
1 pound Black beans
1 pound Cowpeas
1 pound Chickpeas
1 pound Baby lima beans
1 pound Red lentils
1 pound Brown lentils
1 pound Yellow split peas
1 pound Green split peas
1 pound Pinto beans
4 cup Water
2 cup Bean soup mix
One fourth pound Bacon; chopped
One fourth pound Kielbasa; cut or sliced up
2 tablespoon Butter or margarine
1 Carrot; chopped
1 md Onion; chopped
1 Clove garlic; chopped
6 cup Water
1 Bay leaf
1 Salt and pepper; to taste

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients until thoroughly mixed. Place
about 2 cups into each of 11 pint jars or bottles. Seal and label.

Label: In 4quart saucepan, heat water and bean soup mix to boiling over
high heat. Boil 2 minutes. Cover pan; remove from heat; let beans soak 1
hour. Drain beans through large strainer. Wash waucepan and fry bacon over
medium heat until crisp. Discard all but about 2 tbs. fat. (Or omit bacon
and fry One fourth lb. cut or sliced up kielbasa in 2 tbs. butter or margarine.) Add 1 clove
garlic, finely chopped, to bacon. Cook over mediumlow heat until
vegetables are soft. Add 6 cups water, 1 bay leaf, and drained bean mix to
bacon mixture. Cover pan and heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to
low and simmer 1 One half hours. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaf
before serving. Makes about 8 cups.
Posted to recipeludigest by Nesb2 Nesb2@aol.com on Mar 9, 1998