Recipe - Calico Bean Soup Mix

BEAN MIX
4 tablespoon Lima beans; large
3 tablespoon Lima beans; small
3 tablespoon Red kidney beans
3 tablespoon Great northern beans
2 tablespoon Split peas; yellow
2 tablespoon Split peas; green
2 tablespoon White beans; small
2 tablespoon Lentils
2 tablespoon Blackeyed peas
2 tablespoon Pinto beans
2 tablespoon Garbanzo beans
2 tablespoon Navy beans
2 tablespoon Black turtle beans
2 tablespoon Cranberry beans
2 tablespoon Barley

SPICE PACKET
1 teaspoon Chili powder
One fourth teaspoon Garlic powder
1 tablespoon Chopped dried onions
1 teaspoon Dried bell pepper
One half teaspoon Oregano
One fourth teaspoon Cracked black pepper

To make the soup mix, combine the beans and place in plastic bag. Place
the spices in a small plastic bag. Include the following recipe:

Calico Bean Soup

Package of beans Packet of spices Hambone, hamhock or One half pound of ham* 2
quarts of water
One half teaspoon ginger 1 large onion, chopped 1 28 ounce can of
tomatoes or 2 14One half ounce cans Juice of 1 lemon Salt to taste

*If desired, omit ham and substitute beef, chicken, or vegetable stock for
the cooking water.

Wash beans thoroughly. Place in a large kettle, cover with water and soak
overnight. Next day, drain beans and cover with new water. Bring to a
boil and once a hard boil starts, boil for 10 mins. Drain. Add 2 quarts of
new water and ham or ham hock (or use broth if omitting ham) and ginger.
Simmer slowly for 2One half to 3 hours. Then add spice packet, onion, tomatoes
(undrained), lemon juice and salt to taste (spice packet contains no salt).
Simmer another 30 minutes or until beans are tender.

Take ham from soup. Remove any bits of ham from bone and return to soup.
If using boneless ham, cut into bitesize pieces and return to soup.

Serve.

ORIGINATOR Deborah Kirwan (dkkirwan@creighton.edu) SUBMITTED BY Grace
Wagner (wgmm@main.citynet.net) DATE 10/5/96
Recipe By : Deborah Kirwan (dkkirwan@creighton.edu) 9/96

Posted to EATL Digest 4 October 96

Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 08:18:14 0400

From: Grace Wagner wgmm@MAIN.CITYNET.NET

NOTES : Substitute beans freely; use anasazi beans, pink beans, red beans,
etc. There should be approximately 1 pound of beans in all.