2 cups dried lentils

1 quart water

2 teaspoons salt

1 large onion -- chopped fine

1/2 cup olive oil -- or bacon fat

tabasco sauce -- few drops

Pick over the lentils, wash them thoroughly, add the water, and soak overnight. If the water is dark and strong-flavored in the morning, discard it and add a quart of fresh water and the salt. Simmer the lentils in a covered pan from 3 0 to 40 minutes, or until tender but not broken. Drain the lentils, and return 1 cup of the liquid to them, or if necessary and enough water to the

liquid to make 1 cup. cook the onion for a few minutes in the olive oil or bacon fat, a dd the lentils, cook for a few minutes, and stir gently so that the lentils are not broken. Add a few drops of tabasco and more salt if needed. Serve hot.

Typed & MC formatted by Barb at Possum Kingdom using SNT and MC Buster 2.0g on 8/18/98

Converted by MC_Buster.