Virginia Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup diced carrot
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1/2 cup diced turnip
• 1/2 cup diced potato
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 2 tablespoons diced sweet pepper
• 1/2 cup canned tomato, puree, or sauce
• 2 quarts pork soup stock
• 1 cup chopped meat
• 1/2 cup cooked navy or Lima beans
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Speck pepper
• Speck cayenne

Instructions

1. Simmer raw vegetables in stock until tender, about one and one-half hours. Add meat, cooked beans, and seasonings. Cook fifteen minutes longer. Servings, 10.