Granny'S Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb beef, with bone
4 cups water
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup sliced carrot
1 cup cut up celery & leaves
1 (8 ounce) can tomatoes
3 sprigs fresh parsley, cut fine
1/2 bay leaf, crumbled
3 peppercorns
1/4 teaspoon marjoram
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 teaspoon thyme

Preparation

Cut meat off soup bone; cut in small chunks.
Brown in 1 or 2 tablespoons hot fat in large kettle.
Add water and bone; simmer, cover for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Remove bone and skin fat from top of soup. Add vegetables and seasonings and cook an additional 20 to 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.