Navy Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dried navy beans
1 ham hock
3/4 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. salt
4 c. water
1 qt. tomatoes
2 c. diced celery with leaves
3/4 c. chopped onion
carrots (optional)
Tabasco sauce (optional)

Preparation

Soak beans overnight; drain.
Add water and cook approximately 1 hour.
Add other ingredients and cook until done.
(Remove ham hock from soup when half done and tear ham from bone; put back into soup.)