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      Title: Navy Bean Soup
 Categories: Soups, Beans, Pork, Vegetables
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      2 c  Dried navy beans
      1 lb Ham hocks
      1 c  Onion, chopped
    3/4 c  Celery, chopped
    3/4 c  Carrot, sliced or diced
 14 1/2 oz Can diced tomatoes; undrained
           +=OR=+
      8 oz Can tomato sauce
      1 ts Salt
           Pepper
      4 c  Water
 
  Put Soaked beans in a large saucepot; add 4 cups water
  and remaining ingredients except salt. Cover and cook
  1 1/2 to 2 hours, until beans are tender. Add the salt
  (to taste) 15 minutes before removing the pot from the
  heat source.
  
  Take the soup off the stove and fish the hocks out.
  Strip everything from the bones and give the bones to
  your dog/cat. Return the flesh to the bean pot.
  
  If a thicker soup is desired, mash a few of the beans
  against the side of the pot until the desired viscosity
  is reached.
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
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