Minestrone

• ½ pound dried kidney or haricot beans
• ¼ pound salt pork
• 2

Soak dried kidney or haricot beans overnight. Drain. Simmer beans in 1 quart salted water for 2 hours.

Dice salt pork and sauté in a thick-bottomed frying pan until brown. Finely chop garlic; cut onion into quarters or eighths; sauté with pork until golden. Add beef stock and simmer gently with finely-sliced carrots and celery. Slice cabbage, endive, tomatoes and green beans in fairly l