Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. chuck meat with a marrow bone
4 carrots, sliced
1 head cabbage, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 can plum tomatoes (large can)
1 green or red pepper, chopped
1 can yellow string beans or fresh if available
2 c. lima beans or frozen
1/4 lb. butter or oleo (optional)
1 1/2 tsp. sugar

Preparation

Cover the chuck meat with 2 quarts cold water and boil 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Use vegetables that take longer to cook (carrots, cabbage, onion, pepper and tomatoes).
When tender, add lima beans and yellow string beans.
Before cooking vegetables, add 1/4 pound butter or oleo and 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar.