Red Bean Soup

• A Pint of Red Beans
• 2 Quarts of Cold Water
• A Minced Onion</

Wash the beans and soak them over night in luke warm water. Drain and put them in a saucepan with the cold water and allow them to come gradually to a boil; then set them back, and let them simmer gently for about two hours. Melt the butter or lard in a saucepan and fry in it the onion, parsley, thyme and bay leaf until brown. Add these to the Beans and boil about an hour and a half longer. If