Recipe - Lentil Soup With Frankfurters

1 cup Lentils; Dried QuickCooking
6 cup Water
2 Bacon; Slices, Diced
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 Sliced
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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