State Senate Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. Great Northern beans
3 large onions, finely chopped
1 small bay leaf
pinch of thyme
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 ham bone with meat
1 Tbsp. each: salt and sugar
2 Tbsp. parsley

Preparation

Wash and soak beans overnight.
Add onions, garlic, parsley, thyme, bay leaf and ham bone.
Cover.
Cook slowly until tender. Remove ham bone, meat and bay leaf.
Remove 2 cups beans with a little liquid.
Puree and return to pot with 1 cup water.
Cut ham into small pieces and return to soup pot.
Serve hot with corn bread.