Old-Fashioned Michigan Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. navy beans
8 c. water
1 1/4 lb. smoked ham hock or meaty ham bone
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
3/4 c. minced onion
1 (16 oz.) can stewed tomatoes, chopped in blender
3 c. milk

Preparation

Wash beans thoroughly. Cover with water. Bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes. Cover. Remove from heat.
Let stand 1 hour. Add ham, salt and pepper.
Heat to boiling.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer 2 1/2 hours.
Remove ham bone and cut off meat.
Add onion, meat and tomatoes.
Mix
well.
Cover and simmer 1 hour longer. Stir in milk.
Heat a few minutes more and serve.