Five Star Lentil Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 ham bone with a little meat left on
1/3 to 1/2 pkg. dried lentils
2 big onions
3 to 4 big carrots
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 large clove garlic, minced
salt
pepper
nutmeg

Preparation

Put all ingredients in soup pot and fill with water.
Cook 3 to 4 hours if 3 quarts water used.
Cool.
Pick out bone and grizzle.
Reheat with a few fat hot dogs sliced in, if desired. Serve with French bread.
This is the only way I could persuade my family to eat ham - promise this soup!