Butter Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dry butter beans
2 or 3 qt. water
1/2 stick real butter

Preparation

Rinse and pick over beans.
Put in large soup kettle with water.
Bring to boil and turn off heat.
Let sit an hour or so. Add butter.
Turn on heat and bring to boil again.
Turn off heat. By the time this sits awhile the soup will be done.
You can cook in one cooking procedure if you prefer.
You can gauge how much water by how soupy you prefer it.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Good served with cornbread.