Old Fashioned Vegetable Soup

Ingredients:

2 ½ lbs beef shank or meaty soup bone

1 tbsp salt

1/8 tsp ground thyme

6 peppercorns

1 bay leaf

2 whole all spice

 2 beef bouillon cubes

6 cups hot water

2 cups (2 medium) cubed raw potato

2 medium stalks celery, sliced

2 medium carrots, sliced

½ cup (1 small) chopped onion or 2 tbsp instant minced onion

2 cups undrained tomatoes

1 ½ cups drained whole kernel corn

Procedure:

In large saucepan, combine beef shank, salt, thyme, peppercorns, bay leaf, all spice, bouillon cubes, and hot water. Simmer, covered, about 3 hours until meat is tender. Remove beef shank, peppercorns and bay leaf; cut meat from bone into chunks and return to soup. Add remaining ingredients. Continue simmering and cover for about 30 minutes until vegetables are tender.