Ingredients

• 4 lb Cross Cut Beef Shanks
• 8 cups Water
• 3 Cloves Garlic, finely chopped
• 1 Onion, (large), caorsely chopped
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Black Pepper, fresh ground
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1 Carrot, finely chopped
• 1 stalk Celery, broken into three pieces, with leaves
• 4 Beef Bouillon Cubes
• 3 cups Tomato Juice
• 1 tsp Thyme
• 8 Mushrooms, (medium)
• 5 Carrots, coarsely sliced
• 3 stalk Celery, chopped
• 2 Potatoes, one inch cubes
• 1 cup Peas, (fresh or frozen)
• 1 cup Corn & Green Beans, (fresh or frozen)

Instructions 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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Ingredients:

• 2 lb Soup bone – (about 1/2 covered with meat)
• 1 1/2 ts Salt
• 1/4 c  Barley
• 1/2 c  Chopped celery
• 2 tb Fat
• 1/4 ts Pepper
• 1 c  Cubed carrot
• 2 c  Cooked tomatoes
• 2 qt Water
• 2 tb Minced parsley
• 1/4 c  Chopped onion
• 1 c  Fresh/frozen peas

Instructions: Remove meat from the cracked soup bone; cut meat into cubes and brown slightly in hot fat. Place meat, soup bone, water, seasonings and parsley in soup kettle. Cover tightly and cook slowly 1 hour. Add barley and cook 1 hour longer. Cool and skim off excess fat. Remove soup bone. Add carrots, onion, celery and tomatoes; cook 45 minutes. Add fresh peas and cook 15 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb Navy beans
• 1 lb Beef stew meat
• 1 lb Prunes
• 1 med-lg Onion
• 1 qt Cut carrots
• Salt and pepper
• 1 1/2 qt Cut potatoes
• 12 Whole cloves

Instructions: Soak 1 pound navy beans overnight. Cook beans, prunes, beef and vegetables separately. Do not drain. Mix all together and simmer until the flavors are mixed and meat is very tender.

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Ingredients

• 2 lb Cubed chuck roast
• 1/4 c  Fine dry bread crumbs
• 1 c  Burgundy
• 1  Bay leaf
• 1 cn (10 1/2 oz.) condensed
• Buttered noodles
• Onion soup

Instructions: 350 degree oven Time to prepare – 3 hours.

In casserole thoroughly combine ingredients. Cover and bake 2 1/2 to 3 hours,until tender and sauce has thickened.Serve over noodles.