Serves:

Ingredients:

3 lb Meat or 1 lb stew meat
1 sm Head cabbage cored and
optional
1/2 ts Crushed red pepper
1 ea Chopped md onion
2 ea Sliced md carrots
1 cn (16-oz) cut green beans
3 ea Fresh tomatoes cut up
1 cn (16-oz) tomatoes cut up or
2 ea Bay leaves
5 ea Whole peppercorns
1/2 ts Dried oregano
1 1/2 ts Salt
8 c Water
chopped

Method:

In large kettle combine meat, water, salt, oregano, peppercorns and bay leaves.
Bring to a boil then reduce heat to simmer and simmer 2 hours.
Remove beef when cool enough to handle, cut up meat and discard bones if any.
Strain broth and skim off excess fat.
Return broth to kettle.
Add cut up meat, tomatoes and all vegetables except cabbage and red pepper, if desired.
Simmer for 30 minutes, then add cabbage and simmer for 30 minutes more.