Barley Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. small lima beans
4 qt. water
1 1/2 lb. chuck soup bone
1 c. celery (include leaves)
1 chopped onion
1 c. sliced carrots
1 c. diced potatoes
1/2 c. pearl barley
salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Place lima beans in mixing bowl.
Cover and soak overnight. In large soup pot, place soup bone, celery, onion and enough water to completely cover bone.
Season with salt and pepper.
Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer until meat is very tender.
Remove bone from soup pot and cut off all edible meat from the bone; return meat to pot.
Discard bone and membranes.
Drain beans and add with remaining ingredients to pot.
Adjust water to make 4 quarts of soup.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cover and simmer 5 or 6 hours.