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Ingredients: Brown a pound of elk or beef hamburger, spoon off any grease
Add an onion, chopped
3 carrots, sliced or diced
3 stalks of celery, chopped or diced
15 ounce can of chopped/diced tomatoes--optional
1 small can of tomato sauce--optional
3 large potatoes, peeled and diced
2 bullion cubes.
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Directions: |
Directions:Use a large soup pan. Cover the vegetables and meat with water, bring to a boil, then turn down and let simmer until vegetables are done. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with a garden salad, homemade rolls with butter and jelly. What a light but filling meal.
Optional: Mama used tomatoes some, but most often without them. She also made it without browning the meat first. It had better taste if it was browned first. |
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Notes: This made a good lunch time soup, especially in the winter. It was a favorite of Daddy's. He'd come home, take his police pistol off and put it in a large wooden bowl, on the buffet, along with his hat, and put his jacket on a chair. He'd pull out his chair, put on an apron, which was a dress Mama was done wearing and had cut off to hip length, hemmed and made sure it hooked shut. Daddy wore it backward to make sure he protected his shirt and lap, then he'd sit and wait for Mama to join him. He'd take her hand and thank his God for the wonderful food he was about to partake of. For dessert he would have a bowl of ice cream or a piece of homemade cake or some cookies, which were more often than not peanut butter cookies. He'd finish it all off with a cup of fresh coffee. He'd finish visiting with Mama, get up put on his pistol, his coat then his hat. Mama would check for crumbs and adjust his tie, make sure his badge was still where it needed to be. He'd give Mama a kiss, tell her he loved her, and go back to work a happy and contented man!!! This is part of their routine I never got tired of witnessing. You know the saying "behind every successful man, is a woman encouraging and helping him"? This was them!!
Floyd has Daddy's original pistol, a 38 police special/combat masterpiece. Becky and Lendol bought his last pistol, a 38 chief's special he used, from the estate, they have his jacket and letter telling about his pistol. I have the buffet he used to lay his pistol on. It sat in the southwest corner of their kitchen. He had enough badges we each were able to have a couple. Daddy loved us kids, but his earthly love was our Mama!!
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