Navy Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. navy beans
1 medium onion, chopped fine
1 c. fine chopped celery
1 c. carrots, chopped fine
1 c. ketchup
4 Tbsp. salt
1 small can crushed tomatoes
3 Tbsp. sugar
black or white pepper to taste
1 gal. water

Preparation

Clean and wash
beans;
add
to
the
gallon
of water. Bring to a boil and
cook
for
1 hour over a low fire.
After beans have cooked 1 hour, add chopped onions, celery, carrots, ketchup, salt, pepper and sugar.
Continue to boil under a low fire until beans are well done.
Add the small can of tomatoes and with a wire whip stir well.