Okra Soup Recipe 4

• 2 pounds soup meat
• 2 quarts cold water
• 1/4 peck okra
• 4 good sized tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 2 pieces celery
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 3 tablespoons rice
• 1/2 pint lima beans
• 3 ears corn cut from cob

1. Put soup meat in cold water and chop the vegetables fine.
2. Bring it to a boil, skim, and put in okra, tomatoes, onion, celery, chopped parsley, and rice.
3. Cook all together for four hours.
4. An hour before serving, add lim beans.
5. Fifteen minutes before serving, add corn.
6. A good soup may be made without the celery, corn, and beans.

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