Amish Bean Soup


Makes 3 quarts, serves 8-10.


1 lb Dried Great Northern beans
1 Ham bone
1/2 c Chopped onion
1/2 ts Seasoned salt
1/2 ts Celery salt
1 ds Garlic salt
Salt and pepper to taste


  1. Soak beans in cold water overnight. Drain.
  2. Put in soup kettle and add cold water to cover, about 10-12 cups. Add ham bone and cook slowly for 2 hours. Remove ham bone and trim meat from bone.
  3. Add onion, seasoned salt, celery salt and garlic salt to kettle. Return bone and ham bits to soup kettle. Simmer for 1 hour.
  4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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