Directions:

1. Rinse and sort beans. (Optional: Soak beans using your preferred method.)
2. Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. If using pickled pork, add to pot; sauté 5 minutes or until browned.
3. Add onions and garlic; sauté 5-10 minutes. Add 2 quarts water, bay leaves, and if using, smoked ham hocks. Bring to a boil.
4. Add beans and stir well. Return to a low boil; cover, reduce heat to low and simmer 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until beans are soft and creamy, stirring occasionally.  
5. Adjust seasonings to taste with salt, pepper and hot sauce. Serve over hot cooked rice with buttered French bread.

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Ingredients:

• 1 (2-pound) package Camellia Brand Navy Beans
• 4 quarts hot water
• 1 (1/2-pound) smoked ham hock
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Rinse and sort beans. (Optional: Soak beans using your preferred method.)
2. Place beans in a large pot with hot water.
3. Add ham hock to pot. Cover and simmer approximately three hours, stirring occasionally.
4. Remove ham hock, and set aside to cool. Dice meat and return to soup.
5. In a skillet, sauté onion in butter. Add cooked onions to pot.
6. Bring soup to a boil, and season with salt and pepper.

This recipe is adapted from the Famous Senate Restaurant Bean Soup.

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Ingredients:

• 9 cups water or chicken broth
• 1 (1-pound) package dried Camellia Brand Green Split Peas
• 2 pounds smoked ham hocks
• 6 leeks
• 4 celery stalks (with leaves), sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 1/4 teaspoons crushed dried savory leaves
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 pound cooked, sliced  smoked sausage (kielbasa or knockwurst)

Directions:

1. Rinse and sort peas.
2. Heat water and peas to boiling in Dutch oven; boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hour. 
3. Add remaining ingredients, except sausage, to peas. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until pork is tender, about 2 hours. Skim fat if necessary.
4.  Remove pork hocks; cool slightly. Trim fat and bone from pork. Cut pork into 1/2-inch pieces. Stir pork and sausage into soup. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until sausage is hot, 15 minutes.
5. Remove sausage and slice, then put back in soup.

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