Washday Soup

1. 1

   Put navy beans in a big pot of salted water to soak overnight. Put on to cook about six in the morning, the same time you start your wash water.

2. 2

   Boil with bacon or ham.

3. 3

   Let cook on low burner and check in between loads of wash.

4. 4

   Add your onion at daylight before you hang out the overalls.

5. 5

   About 9 o'clock, have a quick cup of coffee and dump 1/2 cup in the beans.

6. 6

   Add carrots at bleach time, around eleven.

7. 7

   Serve at noon with soda crackers or cornbread and slaw you made the night before.

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