Four Hour Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. stew meat or chuck, cut up
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 large onion, sliced
4 carrots, cut in slant pieces
2 stalks celery, cut in slant pieces
2 Tbsp. minute tapioca
1 c. tomato sauce
1 garlic, crushed
potatoes (optional)

Preparation

Sprinkle salt, sugar and tapioca over meat.
Add 1 cup tomato juice and crushed garlic.
Put in casserole in layers.
Bake at 250\u00b0.
Add potatoes 1 hour before done.
Push potatoes down into juice.