Washday Soup

Directions

1. 1
   Put navy beans in a big pot of salted water to soak overnight. Put on to cook about six in the morning, the same time you start your wash water.
2. 2
   Boil with bacon or ham.
3. 3
   Let cook on low burner and check in between loads of wash.
4. 4
   Add your onion at daylight before you hang out the overalls.
5. 5
   About 9 o'clock, have a quick cup of coffee and dump 1/2 cup in the beans.
6. 6
   Add carrots at bleach time, around eleven.
7. 7
   Serve at noon with soda crackers or cornbread and slaw you made the night before.