Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 meaty ham bone – save from a good smoked ham or buy a good smoked hock or ham shank. If they are not meaty, get a ½ to 1 lb ham slice for the soup
• 1 meaty beef soup bone or a 1 ½ lb bone-in chuck roast
• 2 ½ - 3 quarts water
• 2 large onions, quartered
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp pepper
• 1 6-inch diameter head of cabbage, cleaned and cored
• 1 large onion
• 2 16-oz cans of good quality sliced beets with juice, 1 regular and 1 pickled – I use Aunt Nell’s
• 1 ½ Tbs flour