Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. dried navy beans
1 ham or 1/2 lb. salt pork
1/2 c. chopped onion
1/2 hot red pepper
salt to taste

Preparation

Cover beans with water and soak 15 hours in a cool place.
Add meat, onion and pepper; bring to boiling.
Cover and simmer 2 to 3 hours or until beans are mushy.
Remove meat and cut into small pieces.
Press remaining ingredients through a sieve or food mill; add meat.
Add boiling water for consistency, if necessary.
Salt to taste.
Pour hot into hot jars leaving 1-inch headspace.
Adjust caps, leaving 1-inch headspace.
Process pints 1 hour and 15 minutes at 10 pounds pressure.