Butter Bean Soup Recipe ingredients

• ½ pound butter beans
• 1 quart cold water
• 4 ounces Spanish onions
• 4 ounces turnips
• 3 ounces carrots
• 2 stalks celery
• ½ ounce butter
• ½ ounce flour
• ½ pint milk
• Salt and pepper

To prepare this Butter Bean Soup Recipe, first wash the beans, and soak them all night in the water. Put them into a saucepan, and when boiling, add the other vegetables and one-half teaspoon salt. Cook until the beans are tender--about two hours. Remove the carrot, turnip, onion and celery, and rub the beans through a sieve. Melt the butter, mix the flour, add the milk, and cook for ten minutes. Add the beans; bring to boiling point. Season, and serve.