Lima Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 to 3 lb. ham ends
1 onion
2 whole potatoes
1 c. lima beans
3/4 c. celery
2 carrots
2 Tbsp. catsup
salt and pepper

Preparation

Place ham ends, peeled carrots, onion and potatoes (whole) in a pot and boil for 1 hour.
Remove ham.
Rub vegetables through a strainer.
Cut up ham and return all ingredients to stock.
Add lima beans which have been soaked in water for 12 hours.
Add celery; cook 1 hour.
Add catsup, salt and pepper.