Vegetable Soup (With Meat) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. stew meat
1 bone (if possible)
1 qt. string beans
1 qt. tomatoes
1 can corn
1 can LeSueur peas
3 onions, chopped
6 good size potatoes, chopped
1/2 lb. okra
3 or 4 leaves mustard greens (optional)
1/3 stalk celery
4 carrots
1 qt. water
salt and pepper to taste
sugar to taste
1/4 c. rice

Preparation

Salt and pepper meat and brown (not with flour).
Place meat in large soup pot with 1 quart water.
Cook until tender.
Add string beans; cook 5 minutes.
Add potatoes, okra, celery, carrots and rice.
Cook until potatoes are tender, but not mushy.
Add all other ingredients and cook a while longer.
Good for company. Serve with corn muffins.