BEAN SOUP

2 cups beans
2 tablespoons finely cut onion
2 tablespoons finely cut bacon
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 teaspoon thyme
3 tablespoons flour

Soak beans in water over night.

Drain and put into saucepan with six cups boiling water and boil slowly
two hours or until soft; add onion and bacon which have been fried light
brown; boil five minutes; add salt, pepper, parsley and thyme. Mash
beans with back of spoon.

Add flour which has been mixed with a little cold water; boil five
minutes and serve.