Dried bean Soup Recipe

• 1 quart of kidney, field, rice, or mock turtle beans
• 2 pounds salt pork, cut into small pieces
• 1 gallon of cold water
• 1 teaspoon of sugar
• Lemon slices

1. Soak quart of beans overnight.
2. In the morning, put them in a covered soup-pot with salt pork. Add cold water.
3. Boil three hours and add 1 teaspoon of sugar.
4. Strain and serve with slices of lemon.
5. Some small force-meat balls and slices of hard-boiled eggs can be dropped in the pot at the last moment.

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