Navy Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lb. navy beans
water
5 bunches green onions, finely chopped (both green and white portions)
1 c. pimento, finely diced
3 lb. cooked ham, thinly sliced and very finely diced
salt to taste
pepper to taste
Beau Monde seasoning to taste

Preparation

Wash beans.
Place beans in 15-quart pot with water to just cover.
Boil the beans until very tender and soupy, adding water as needed, for approximately 4 hours.
Add remaining ingredients. Simmer for 1 hour.
May be frozen.
Makes 12 quarts.