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Lima Bean Soup Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 c lima beans
2 c milk
1 c water
1 bay leaf
2 tbs butter
1 tbs flour
1 small onion
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Directions:
Slice the onion and brown in butter; add the flour; stir until smooth and brown.
Add the water, bay leaf, and beans.
Cook 20 min or until the beans are soft.
Press through a sieve.
Scald the milk, add the beans and cook until thickened.
Season and serve.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 hr
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Minerva Kathleen Merritt Hooper (1917 - 2001)
Married Earl Leroy Hooper (1912 - 2002) Sept 1935.

Selected recipes from "The Enterprising Housekeeper" 6th Edition, by Helen Louise Johnson, Copyright 1906. Given to Kathleen Hooper in 1935 by Grandma Hooper up home. Grandma Hooper "up home" - Lavina Francla Barker Hooper (3/5/1869 - 1/30/1952) married in 1883 to Byron David Hooper (5/16/1861 - 1/30/1940).

 

 

 

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