Homemade Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 to 4 lb. beef soup bone (with meat)
2 qt. cold water
1 small onion, quartered
1 tsp. salt
2 c. fresh or canned tomatoes
6 sprigs parsley
2 c. chopped cabbage
5 or 6 carrots, sliced
2 c. cut green beans
1 c. diced potato
1/2 c. chopped celery
1 c. whole kernel corn
1/4 c. rice or barley

Preparation

Cut half the meat from bone and brown in hot fat.
Add remaining meat and bone to cold water.
Add browned meat, onion and salt; cook slowly for 2 hours.
Add vegetables and rice or barley.
Continue cooking for 1 hour.
Makes 8 to 10 servings.