Farmer’s Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb. hamburger
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 cup celery chopped
- 1 large potato peeled and diced (at least 1 cup)
- 1 cup carrots peeled and sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 2½ quarts water
- ¼ cup cornmeal
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
- Brown the hamburger and onion and drain off fat.
- In a Dutch oven or heavy soup pot, add the meat and onion mixture, celery, potatoes, carrots, salt and pepper, tomato sauce, and 2½ quarts water.
- Simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender.
- Just before serving, make a thin paste of the cornmeal and ¼ cup water.
- Add to the soup, stirring as you pour it in so it doesn’t lump up.
- Continue stirring the soup until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.