Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup Recipe
Ingredients
1 beef soupbone with meat
1 to 2 tbsp. fat
4 cups water
1 medium onion,chopped
1 cup sliced carrots (2 or 3 medium)
1 cup cut-up celery and leaves (2 long stalks)
1 can (1 lb.) tomatoes
(2 cups) 3 sprigs parsley, finely cut
1 tbsp. salt
1/2 bay leaf, crumbled
3 peppercorns
1/4 tsp. marjoram
1/4 tsp. thyme
Directions
Cut meat off bone into small chunks.
Brown in hot fat in large kettle.
Add water and bone and simmer covered 1 1/2 to 2 hr.
Remove bone and skim fat from top of soup.
Add vegetables, salt, bay leaf and peppercorns tied in cheesecloth bag, marjoram, and thyme; cook an additional 20 to 30 min., until vegetables are tender.
Brown in hot fat in large kettle.
Add water and bone and simmer covered 1 1/2 to 2 hr.
Remove bone and skim fat from top of soup.
Add vegetables, salt, bay leaf and peppercorns tied in cheesecloth bag, marjoram, and thyme; cook an additional 20 to 30 min., until vegetables are tender.