Country Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. soup beans
1 ham bone
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 c. diced celery
1 can tomato sauce
1/2 c. diced potatoes
2 tsp. minced parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Soak beans in water overnight.
Drain.
Add fresh water and cook slowly with the ham bone for 2 hours.
Put in the onion, celery, potatoes, tomato sauce, parsley and the salt and pepper and simmer until vegetables are soft.
Remove the ham bone.
Trim off any meat.
Cut it up and add to soup.
Many cooks cut up hard-boiled eggs and add them to the soup.