*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                       Mom's Hearty Vegetable Soup

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Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Soups                            Vegetables
                Meats

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   4                    Stalks celery
   1 1/2  pounds        Beef with bones
   8      cups          Water
   4      teaspoons     Salt
   2      teaspoons     Parsley
     1/4  teaspoon      Ground pepper
   2                    Stalk celery -- chopped
   6      medium        Potatoes
   8      small         Carrots
   2      medium        Onion
   2      cans          (1 lb 4 oz ea) tomatoes

Wash celery stalks and leaves; cut stalk in pieces. Cut meat off bones and cut meat
 into 1 1/2-inch pieces; place meat and meat bone in saucepan.
Add water, salt parsley, pepper and celery; cook gently 2 hours, or until meat is tender.
  Meanwhile, peel and dice potatoes, scrape carrots and cut in 1/2-inch pieces, 
and peel and thinly slice onions. Add vegetables to soup; continue to cook 1 hour
 longer, or until vegetables are tender. Add tomatoes; cook soups 10 minutes longer. 
Taste to correct seasoning

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