Bean Soup Recipe?

[lizziegrace]

I've got a ham bone that's just dying to be made into soup.

Anyone got any good recipes?

[FuzzySlippers]

1. Here's one. You can substitute the ham bone for the ham hocks.

http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/bean_soup.htm

[bertha katzenengel]

2. soak a pound of pinto beans overnight (NO salt at this stage)

in the morning, rinse them and put them in a large pot w/ the ham bone. Add several garlic cloves and two roughly chopped onions, and plenty of pepper, with salt to taste. Simmer several hours.

Serve w/ cornbread.

:9 I never appreciated this simple, delicious meal until I married a hillbilly.

[MidwestMomma]

3. My family puts the beans on top of the cornbread.

Add fried potatoes on the side and you have a Oklahoma favorite. :)

[0007]

4. Don't forget to make cornbread!

[xmas74]

5. Good recipe.

Sometimes I add a diced carrot (fresh from my garden) for a bit of a sweeter taste that my daughter likes.

[SoCalDem]

6. add a bunch of finely minced carrots for color & vitamins

and splurge a bit..put in a stick of real butter for mellowness.. I make 6-8 qts of bean soup at a time and give extra to friends , freeze the rest..

I use great northern beans though and skip the garlic