Lima Beans with Ham Bone or Bacon

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Recipe

Measurements	Ingredients
One & $\frac{1}{2}$ Cups	Lima Beans (Dry)
To Cover	Water (for soaking and cooking)
One Large	White Onion
Little	Celery
One	Ham Bone (or see alternative below)
To Taste	Salt
**Alternative/Additional Ingredients
Four Slices	Bacon (if not using ham bone)
Six Cups	Water (for cooking with bacon alternative)
One Cup	Tomato Sauce
To Taste	Sugar
One	Pork Love W / Green (This is unclear, possibly “Pork Loin” or a typo, or a brand of seasoning with green label)
Dash	Kitchen Bouquet (optional, for color/flavor)

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Instructions

1. Soak one and a half cups of lima beans in water overnight. (Card also mentions “add 1 teaspoon soda” during soaking, though this is sometimes optional to help soften beans).
2. Drain the soaking water.
3. Add a large white onion (chopped or quartered) and a little celery (chopped) to the beans.
4. Add the ham bone.
5. Add water to cover (the card notes “1/2 full in water” which might refer to the pot level after adding ingredients).
6. Cook in a pressure cooker for one hour or 40 minutes (the card has both, “1/2 hr or 40 min”). Alternatively, simmer on the stovetop.
7. Add salt to taste.
8. Continue to simmer (the card says “simmer (mild) + keep adding water”) until beans are tender. The card suggests “say 40 min at least” for this simmering stage. Taste and adjust seasoning.

Alternate Instructions

1. If you don’t have a ham bone, substitute with four slices of bacon.
2. Rinse off the bacon (this step is unusual, possibly to remove excess salt if using salt pork/very salty bacon).
3. Cook the bacon with onions in a lot of water for at least an hour before adding the lima beans.
4. Soak beans overnight (this step is mentioned again on the second card).
5. Then add to the pot with bacon/onions: six cups of water, one cup of tomato sauce, sugar to taste, “Pork Love w/green” (interpret as desired, possibly a seasoning blend or small amount of pork), and a dash of Kitchen Bouquet.
6. Combine with the (presumably soaked and drained) lima beans.
7. Cook until beans are tender.

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