French Bean Soup

French Bean Soup

  2 c. Beans (see below)
  1 qt. water
  1 ham hock
  1/4 tsp. pepper
  16 oz. can tomato
  l lrg. onion chopped
  1 chili pepper chopped
  1/4 c. lemon juice

  

Soak beans overnight, drain & cover with 2 qts water. Add ham hock & pepper cook 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 1/2 hour more.

Beans: 1 lb. each of the following types of beans. Split Pea, Black Eyed Peas, Red Kidney Bean, Sm. White Bean, Large Lime, Pinto Bean, Lentil, Baby Lima, Great Northern, Black Bean, Pear Barley. These are dried beans.