"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 10:41:25 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I finally got around to making this soup:
>>
>> http://www.foodlushblog.com/2011/03/...acon-soup.html
>>
>> The amount of beans may have been slightly off as I used dried instead of
>> canned and I accidentally dropped a few down the sink as I was draining
>> the
>> water off. I can't have carrots so omitted those. I also only had
>> celery
>> hearts so used a little more of those and added some dried celery leaves
>> and
>> parsley. I also only used a potato masher in the soup. I tend to use
>> that
>> for beans. No sense in having to hunt down and plug in the immersion
>> blender when the old fashioned way does just fine.
>>
>> I actually like this better than Campbell's. Winner! And it makes a
>> reasonable amount unlike some bean soup recipes that make a ton.
>
> Yep! Home made beats processed food crap every time, almost! I feel the
> same way about my home made "baked beans", much better than that canned
> crap!
>
> Cooking is COOL! :-)
>
> John Kuthe...

I prefer my own baked beans too. Alas, the only other person I know who
likes them is my nephew. The others prefer canned.