Smoked Sausage Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. smoked sausage
3 carrots, coarsely cut
2 to 3 celery stalks (leaves also), coarsely cut
1 onion, coarsely cut
1 bay leaf
3 to 5 peppercorns
1/2 c. chopped parsley
3 potatoes, cut into bite size

Preparation

Preboil smoked sausage to remove a bit of the excess fat and then cut into bite size pieces.
Place sausage pieces in a saucepan.
Fill with water just to cover meat.
Add all other ingredients, except potatoes.
Cook for 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally.
Add potatoes and cook until soft.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with bread.