Brunswick Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stewing hen
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 cans tomatoes
3 medium potatoes, diced
salt and pepper to taste
ham butt
1 tsp. each: rosemary and parsley
2 large onions, sliced
2 c. okra (optional)
2 c. lima beans or green beans
2 cans corn
1 Tbsp. sugar
2 bay leaves
dash of Tabasco sauce

Preparation

Cut chicken into pieces and brown in oil.
Add 3 quarts water and cook until meat falls off bone.
Remove, cool and pick off chicken from bones.
Discard bones.
Add raw vegetables to broth and simmer, uncovered, until beans and potatoes are tender.
Stir occasionally.
Add chicken and seasonings.