Title: Lentil Soup #01
Categories: Soup
Yield: 6 Servings

1 lb Lentils
6 c Water
1 c Smoked pork or ham
1 ts Salt
1 Carrot
1 Sprig parsley
1 Onion; finely chopped
1 Stalk celery; sliced
2 tb Flour
2 tb Bacon fat
1/4 c Sour cream

Soak the lentils several hours or overnight. Add meat, salt, carrot,
parsley, onion & celery. Cook slowly until lentils & vegetables are soft.
Remove the meat. Strain the soup, rubbing the lentils & vegetables through
the strainer. Brown the flour in fat. Stir in 1 cup of the soup & cook
until thick & smooth. Add remaining soup & more water, if needed, for a
pleasing consistency; add sour cream. Heat & serve in wide soup bowls.
Makes 6 servings.

MRS MILTON R. (JOANNE) RHYNARD

From the , Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club,
Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.