Recipe - Lentil Soup With Franankfurters

1 cup Lentils; dried quickcooking
6 cup Water
2 Bacon; slices, minced
1 Leek or green onion; *
1 Carrot;large, finely chopped
1 Celery;stalk, finely chopped
1 Onion; finely chopped
1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
2 tablespoon Unbleached flour
1 tablespoon Vinegar
4 Frankfurters; thickly cut or sliced up
1 tablespoon Catsup; tomato
1 teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Black pepper

* Leek or Green Onion should be finely chopped.
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Wash the lentils thoroughly. In a 2 1/2quart saucepan bring 6 cups of
water to a boil. Add the lentils, bacon, leek or green onion, carrot and
celery. Simmer, partially covered, for 30 to 40 minutes. Meanwhile in a
frypan, saute chopped onion in vegetable oil until soft. Sprinkle flour
over onion, and stir. Lower heat, stir constantly, and cook until the flour
turns a light brown. DO NOT burn flour. Stir in One half cup of hot lentil soup
into the browned flour; beat with a wire whisk until wellblended. Beat in
vinegar. Add contents of frypan to lentil pan and stir together. Cover and
simmer for 30 minutes or until lentils are soft. Add the frankfurters and
catsup. Cook to heat frankfurters through. Season with salt and pepper and
serve hot.

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