Hamburger Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 to 1 1/2 lb. hamburger
1 large can tomato puree
1 large can stewed tomatoes
1 bag mixed vegetables (frozen)
season to taste
1 1/2 c. water
onion, chopped

Preparation

First, use care and get one, not too young, but tender and a healthy growth.
Make your selection carefully and let it be final. Otherwise, they will not keep.
Like fine wine, they improve with age.
Do not pickle or put in hot water.
This makes them sour. Prepare as follows; sweeten with smiles.
The sour bitter kind are improved by a pinch of common sense.
Spice with patience.
Wrap well in a mantle of love.
Preserve over a good fire of steady devotion.
The poorest varieties may be improved by this process and kept years in any climate.