> Ah, that sounds so good, Lynne. <wistfully> I usually would bring a
> quart of my bean soup (very similar ingredients and prep as yours,
> though I use a ham bone) to the late Widow Geraldine. She cooked real
> food for herself in spite of being a household of one, but she didn't
> make bean soup. I use chopped celery instead of celery seed in my bean
> soup. Might should try the seed sometime.

I tried chopped celery once and I like the taste of the celery seed better.
So, yes do try it that way sometime. When I make this soup I always double
it as I have to share too. I have a friend with a gastric bypass and she
says this soup is the one recipe that never gives her problems.

Lynne