Beef & Barley Vegetable Soup

Directions

Remove meat from the cracked soup bone; cut meat into cubes and brown slightly in hot fat.

Place meat, soup bone, water, seasonings and parsley in soup kettle.

Cover tightly and cook slowly 1 hour.

Add barley and cook 1 hour longer. Cool and skim off excess fat.

Remove soup bone. Add carrots, onion, celery and tomatoes; cook 45 minutes.

Add fresh peas and cook 15 minutes.