"Disgusting!"

Recently Bentley was working on his last requirement to become a wolf in Cub Scouts. He needed to prepare a healthy meal for his family. Bentley suggested making waffles for the family. Waffles are currently one of his favorite meals. Since the waffles he loves are Eggo toaster waffles, we nixed that idea asking that he prepare something a little more difficult. His next idea was pasta, but again, not a difficult meal: boil water, add noodles, set timer, and then drain water (not something he can safely do).

I suggested he make ham and bean soup because we had a ham bone from our New Year's Evan ham. Great-grandma loves bean soup and we don't make it very often. After ensuring that he did not have to eat it himself, he agreed with my suggestion. I supervised while he rinsed the beans and put them on to boil. (Turns out we were suppose to boil the water and then add the beans, but who follows recipes exactly?!) 

He chopped celery and carrots and measured out spices. He used a mincing tool to cut the onion. After the beans had simmered in hot water for an hour, he added the other ingredients, including the ham bone. After all the ingredients simmered for another couple of hours, it was time to remove the ham bone and add the final ingredient, diced ham. When we lifted the lid off the soup pot to take the ham bone out, Bentley, our chef, commented: "That looks disgusting. Are people really going to eat it?"

He was totally serious. 

The soup was delicious and looked wonderful (once the disgusting ham bone was removed).