Hurst Great Northern Beans

2-1/2
cups beans, 1 cup diced onion, 6 to 8 cups water, 1/8 teaspoon pepper
(optional), contents of ham flavoring packet, salt to taste. Edible dry
beans are a raw agricultural product and come up to us from the farmer.
Although we carefully clean these beans, stones and debris may be
present. Please rinse beans and remove debris before using. Cover beans
with two inches of water. Bring to a rapid boil. Remove from heat and
let stand for one hour. Add onion and pepper and resume cooking in same
water for one hour keeping beans covered with water as needed. Add
contents of ham flavor packet during latter part of cooking period. Do
not add salt until beans are nearly done to avoid longer cooking time.
Beans are done when desired tenderness is reached.

Warnings