Easy Hillbilly Bean Soup
"There are a number of bean soup mixtures now on the market, with anywhere from 5 to 15 bean varieties. Any will work and all will taste better if the soup is allowed to sit until the second day."
- Ready In:
- 8hrs
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 2 cups mixed dried beans
- 2 cups diced ham or 2 cups sliced smoked sausage
- 1 garlic clove, if desired
- 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes
- 1⁄2 tablespoon salt, if desired
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 -2 tablespoon lemon juice
directions
- Rinse 1 1/2 to 2 cups bean mixture, cover with fresh water and soak overnight.
- Drain, place beans in large kettle with 2 quarts of water.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Cook all day, until beans are tender.
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Thirty some years ago, mom published the first Hawman Family Cookbook to give each of her three daughters a way to carry our favorite recipes from childhood off into the next phase of our lives. I still have the original pages, straight from the typewriter, with traces of whited-out type showing through the corrected lines, and with drips and grease stains highlighting my favorite recipes.
With my own daughter now ready to head out on her own, it's time for an updated version complete with her favorites as well. I'm starting this project in January 2010, with a goal of completing the "new expanded edition" in time for Christmas presents in December. I'll be using Recipezaar to collect the recipes, but my hope is to publish my final book complete with the stories and pictures evoked by this memory book of family food. For that, I'm looking forward to countless conversations with my 81-year-old mother, sisters, and children as well as others in my extended family. Let the fun begin!
Noelle
