• 6 oz. haricot beans
• 1½ pt. water or ½ water

Wash the beans and soak them in water overnight. Drain, and put them in a pan with the pt. water, bring to boil and simmer for 1 hr. Meanwhile slice the tomatoes, onion, carrot and potato. Melt the fat and gently fry the sliced vegetables for 10 min. Add the fried vegetables to the beans with the herbs, bay leaf and mace, and simmer until the beans are quite soft. Remove the herbs, rub soup thr