Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  pound         soup beans -- dried
     1/2  pound         black beans
   4      large         potatoes
   4      tablespoons   oil
   4      tablespoons   salt
     1/2  teaspoon      black pepper
     1/2  cup           shallots -- chopped

Preparation:

Wash, soak and cook the dried peas as indicated on the package. Retain the cooking water. Cook the potatoes and save the cooking water. Measure the reserved cooking waters to 8 cups: add fresh water if necessary. Pour into a soup pot. Crush the peas and beans with the potatoes and add to the liquid, with the remaining ingredients. Simmer slowly for 1 hour.