Bland bean soup

[cjsmith]

Bean soup: onion, celery, a lot of great northern beans, parsley, *some* kind of meat for flavor.

If the meat used is salt pork, the soup turns out to have absolutely no flavor whatsoever. Seriously, this is the blandest thing I've tasted in a long time.

I'm sure some herbs and spices could save this. Beyond the obvious cracked black pepper, what would you add?

Comments

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Salt: It Makes Food Taste Better

(I assumed salt pork was pretty salty already, but I wouldn't know.)

[brooksmoses]

(I'd think so too, but it depends on how much one uses. And I think it's not as salty as it sounds, since it's mostly fat and brine doesn't diffuse into fat much. But I could be misremembering; it's been a while since I've had any.)