Lentil Soup

Instructions

1. Soak lentils over-night and in the morning, put over the fire to cook until tender.
2. Rub through a colander. There should be from five to six tablespoons of the lentil pulp.
3. Chop up fine the onion, put on in the butter and cook until a light brown; add the lentil pulp.
4. Mix it well with the butter, add the boiling water, and the salt and pepper.
5. Let them boil up for a few minutes, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon, remove to the back of the stove and cook 10 minutes longer.
6. Serve with croutons.