Vegetable Beef Soup [3-1/2 Hours]

Servings: 8
Ingredients:

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4 lb Cross Cut Beef Shanks               1 ts Fresh Ground Black Pepper
8 c  Water                               1    Bay Leaf
3    Cloves Garlic (finely               1    Carrot (finely chopped)
-chopped)                           1    Stalk Celery (broken into
1 lg Onion (caorsely chopped)                 -three pieces, with leafs
1 ts Salt                                4    Beef Bouillon Cubes

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3 c Tomato Juice 3 Stalks Celery (chopped)
1 ts Thyme 2 Potatoes (one inch cubes)
8 md Mushrooms 1 c Each, Fresh or Frozen
5 Carrots (coarsely sliced) Peas, Corn and Green Beans

Brown beef in bottom of dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add water and
bring to a boil. Skim foam. Add all remaining Group ‘A’ ingredients,cover
and bring to gentle boil. Cook for approximately three hours. Remove from
heat. Strain liquid; discard all solids except the beef. Remove all lean
meat from bones, cube and return to broth. Except for the potatoes, add all
Group ‘B’ ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the potatoes during
the last 10 minutes. Skim excess fat before serving (easiest when soup has
been refrigerated).

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