Cabbage Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 baked potatoes
20 roasted almonds
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 large can tomato soup
1 can Italian tomatoes
1 tsp. pickling spice
2 bay leaves
2 large pkg. short ribs
2 heads green cabbage
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
1/2 c. sugar
1 lemon, squeezed

Preparation

Take a large soup pot.
Put 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 cut onion in; brown this a little with the meat.
Fill soup pot with water, about 3/4 of the pot.
Bring to a boil.
Add to water all spices and bay leaves.
Cook on medium heat for about 30 minutes.
Add tomato soup, tomatoes, sugar, lemon juice and kosher salt.
Cut cabbage; take core out and place in boiling soup.
Cook for 2 hours approximately, continuing stirring.
Peel potatoes; cut into small pieces.
Put into soup.
Cook for approximately 1 more hour.
Add toasted almonds.