Hello All!
This is the last of today's batch. Haricot beans are similar to Great 
Northern beans or Navy's. Butter beans are like Lima beans
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      Title: Bean Soup
 Categories: Starters, Soups, Vegetables, British
      Yield: 6 Servings
      1 lb Dry Haricot or butter beans
      1 md Onion
      6    Cloves
      1 md Carrot
           Salt & pepper
   1200 ml Stock (more or less)-=PLUS=-
   1800 ml Water up to
      2 sl Fat bacon -=OR=-
      1    Ham bone
    600 ml Milk
     25 g  Butter
      1    Bouquet garni -=OR=-
           Thyme, parsley & marjoram
      1 ts Parsley; chopped
           Croutons
  Soak the beans overnight in cold water, then cook them in any good
  stock made up to volume with water, together with the onion studded
  wtih the cloves, the carrot, bacon or ham bone, and the herbs or
  bouquet garni.
    When tender (2-3 hours), puree in blender or sieve without
  draining, and dilute the puree with the milk. Season to taste with
  salt and plenty of pepper. Add the butter at the moment and garnish
  with croutons and choped parsley.
    Recipe "The cookery of England" Elizabeth Ayrton, ISBN 0-14-046819-6
    MMed IMH c/o Georges' Home BBS 2:323/4.4
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All the Best
Ian
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