Oma'S Barley Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 quarts beef stock
1 cup barley
1/2 cup celery
1/2 cup carrot
1/2 cup string bean, cut up
1 large potato, cut up
2 2 cups cooked sausage or 2 cups smoked pork butt, cut up into 1/2 inch cubes
pepper

Preparation

In a soup pot, boil the barley in 2 quarts of soup stock, 12 to 15 minutes.
Cook vegetable in separate pot to your own satisfaction (hard or soft).
Then put them into the barley soup. If soup becomes too thick, add water.
Leftover beef, smoked Ham or sausage (smoked butt is the best) can be cut up into small pieces and added to the soup before serving.
**I like to simmer on low for a couple hours and continue to stir it.