Pork & Leek Stew,Viking Style - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb boneless pork
3 -4 short peices of bone with marrow
5 cups water
2 leeks
3 carrots
1 onion
2 stalks celery
1 teaspoon sage or 1 teaspoon dried herbs
2 tablespoons fine oatmeal
salt

Preparation

chop the meat into 2 inch cubes.
put the chopped meat into a large saucepan along with the marrow bones and water.
bring the contents of the saucepan to a boil.
skim the fat from the surface.
turn the heat down and cover pan with a lid.
let the meat & bones simmer int the liquid for about 2 hours.
wash & clean the leeks thoroughly.
carefully chop the leeks into small rings.
clean the carrots & chop them into small peices.
peel the onion & cut in 1/2 the cut finely.
clean celery & remove bad part of same.
chop celery into small pieces.
when the meat is almost cooked remove the marrow banes with a slotted spoon.
add the chopped vegatebles and the sage or mixed herbs.
let the stew simmer and a further 15 to 20 minuites or until the vegetibles are soft.
skim fat ftom the stew then serve.