Bean and Bacon Soup

Ingredients:

2 cups of beans

2 tablespoons finely cut onion

2 tablespoons finely cut bacon

1 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

2 tablespoons chopped parsley

1 teaspoon thyme

3 tablespoons flour

Directions:

Soak beans in water over night. Drain and put into a saucepan with 6 cups of boiling water.

Boil slowly for 2 hours or until soft; add onion and bacon which have been fried light brown.

Boil 5 minutes. Then add salt, pepper, parsley and thyme. Mash beans with the back of a spoon. Add

flour mixed with a little cold water to make a paste.

Boil five minutes. Then simmer and serve.