Recipe - Sallys Red Beans And Rice

1 pound Red or kidney beans
1 qt Water
1 Ham bone with ham
1 lg Onion; chopped
2 Cloves garlic; crushed
One fourth cup Chopped celery
One half teaspoon Tabasco
1 teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Thyme
1 Bay leaf
1 pack (1pound) hot sausage links

Soak beans. Pour into a large, heavy pan. Add remaining ingredients except
sausage and simmer 3 hours until beans are tender. Add water when necessary
during cooking. Remove ham bone, cut off meat and add to beans. Liquid
should barely cover beans at end of cooking time. Cut sausages into 1/2
inch slices and add to beans. Let simmer. Serve beans and meat over rice.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

CAROLE LORD (MRS. ROBERT C.)

From Traditions: A Taste of the Good Life, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior
League. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.