Pearlie's Vegetable Beef Soup (with Mavis' Additions) Recipe
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Ingredients: The Beef Broth:
1 soup bone
1 1/2 lbs. stew meat or chuck roast, cubed
Olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cups celery, cut in half (include celery leaves)
1 green bell pepper, 1/2 diced; 1/2 quartered
2 cups chicken broth (or 2 tsp. chicken granules in water)
2 cups beef broth (or 2 tsp. beef granules in water)
4 cups water
1 - 16 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
Crackers or cornbread as accompaniment
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. Lawry's Seasoning Salt
The Vegetables:
1 package frozen vegetables
1 cup broccoli crowns, broken apart
2 potatoes, chopped
1 white onion, cut into rings
1 cup cauliflowerettes, broken apart
1 yellow squash, sliced in 1" rounds
1 zucchini, sliced in 1" rounds
1/2 small cabbage, quartered
1/2 cup green beans, (fresh or frozen) cut in 1" pieces
6 green onions, chopped
2 cups okra, sliced (or whole if you prefer)
Dash of Tabasco
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Directions:The Beef Broth:
In a Dutch oven (or large soup pot), brown seasoned soup bone and meat in olive oil for five minutes. Add the onion, celery, bell pepper and stir. Cover and steam about five minutes. Add chicken broth, beef broth and 4 cups water and cook over low heat for 20 minutes allowing meat to season the broth. Add tomatoes and tomato sauce; stir. Adjust seasonings as needed. Cover and simmer about 1.5 hours or until meat is tender. Remove soup bone, remove meat from bone and add to soup. Add bone back to soup for flavor.
The Vegetables:
Add all the fresh vegetables you want, bring to boil, then add frozen vegetables. Reduce heat, check seasonings, cover. Then sit down and have a nice cup of coffee and enjoy the break!
Add more water or broth if the soup is too thick. A dash of Tabasco gives a little lift. Serve with crackers or cornbread. |
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Notes: During The Great Depression, I remember as a girl, that our house was a "marked house". That meant that people could come to our house and always find food. "Hobos" of the time would mark a fence or tree or something of homes where people were willing to provide a bite to eat, thereby letting other hobos know they would be welcomed. My mother, Pearlie, always seemed to have something cooking on the stove for anyone who might be hungry. Large pots of soups seemed to always be simmering around my house as they could feed a larger group or unexpected guests. The hobos would only come to the back door. We had a nice bench in our backyard under a pretty tree and my mother would serve them a bowl of soup while they resting on the bench under the tree. Pearlie never turned anyone away. While life was hard then, it was a simpler time. My mother never had any fear of the strangers coming by looking for food. We didn't lock our doors. We didn't have much either, but she always shared what we had. That was one of the many things I loved about her.
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