Maryland Crab Soup

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

1/2 lb Baccon
1 lb Beef stew meat
2 lb Frozen mixed vegetables*
10 oz Pck frozen whole kernal
-corn*
1 c  Celery, diced
Salt and pepper
2 tb Old Bay
6    Live crabs
1 1/3 qt Water
1 cn Tomatoes, peeled

*Fresh or canned vegetables can be used. I have used fresh corn on the cob.
Fry baccon and put into large pot. Brown stew meat in baccon grease and add
to pot along with vegetables. Add vegetables. Bring to boil and simmer for
1 hour or until stew meat is done. Add salt and pepper to taste. Clean
crabs by removing top shell and devil (lungs). Break crabs in half and add
to pot along with Old Bay and boil slowly for half an hour or longer. The
longer it cooks the better it tastes.