Okra Soup – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• ½ pound of smoked meat, such as pork or turkey (optional)
• 2 pounds fresh tomatoes, diced, or one 28-ounce can of diced tomatoes
• 5 cloves garlic
• 1 hot pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 to 4 thyme sprigs
• 1 pound okra
• 1 small onion
• ½ pound fresh butterbeans, shelled
• Salt, to taste
• ½ pound of shrimp, cleaned