THE MOTHER OF ALL BEAN SOUPS BY MAMA LINDA VELLUCCI

[Guest guest]

HEREIN LIES THE MOTHER OF ALL BEAN SOUPS!!!!!!! you can use bacon bits

instead of real bacon for a healthier soup and you can switch pasta for

rice, but this will stay better and not get soggy like the pasta can and

this freezes WONDERFULLY!!!!!!!! It is also extremely economical. I sell

this in my catering business and folks go bonkers for it!

15 Bean Soup dry mix (do not use the spices pkg in it)

Prep time 1/2 hour

Cooking time, 2 hours

Cost $15 per large pot big enough to feed a small army

Ingredients:

15 bean soup dried mix (or any other one lb dry beans of your choice)

one large onion diced

one stalk celery, diced

1 lb. Fresh carrots, diced

one can corn

one pkg fresh spinach (or one pkg frozen chopped spinach)

5 medium potatoes, diced

1 lb. Bacon, diced

salt, pepper to taste, 1 tablespoon cumin, 1 table spoon parsley

4 garlic cloves, minced

2 cups dry white rice

one gallon chicken stock

Empty beans in large bowl and cover with water, and another two inches of

water to soak beans overnight, or about 8 hours

Drain beans from container and rinse beans in strainer once again

Place beans in large pot and cover with chicken stock

Add celery, onions, potatoes and carrots and spices and simmer for two

hours, stirring frequently

In frying pan, cook diced bacon until crispy

Add entire frying pan contents, bacon AND fat to bean mixture

After 1-1/2 hours of simmering, add two cups of dry rice and stir

frequently, still simmering

After mixture is finished cooking, remove from burner, while still hot, add

the spinach and can of corn

EAT!!!!!!!!! Serve as is or with croutons on top and parmesano cheese on

top, it is an entire meal!

Beano??

Has any member of the MGB Airborne Squadron tried Beano? Does it

help with our particular malady?

Best,

Jon in Tuscaloosa

MGB 11/22/00

263/172/150

[Guest guest]

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This looks wonderful! I will definitely try it when the weather gets more

conducive to soup! Thanks!

in GA

Beano??

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> Has any member of the MGB Airborne Squadron tried Beano? Does it

> help with our particular malady?

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> Best,

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> Jon in Tuscaloosa

> MGB 11/22/00

> 263/172/150

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