Title: Oscar's Broccoli Soup (With Meat)
Categories: Soup, Charleston, Meats
Yield: 1 Servings

4 sl Smoked bacon; diced
8 oz Rib-eye steak; ground
1 c Cooked mashed rutabagas
1 c Mashed potatoes
1 c Cooked white rice
1 lb Broccoli; diced and blanched
1 c Diced celery
1 c Diced green bell pepper
1 c Diced onion
2 Cloves garlic; minced
1 qt Skim milk
1/2 c Butter
1 c Half-and-half
1 c Crumbled cheese crackers
1/2 c Chopped parsley
1 ts Worcestershire sauce
1 ts Hot sauce
1 ts Ketchup

In a heavy soup kettle or Dutch oven, fry the bacon and reserve the grease.
In the bacon grease, brown the steak, then add all the other ingredients.
Simmer for 20-25 minutes. Sherry may be added prior to serving if desired.

Source "Nothing makes a soup moment like a rainy day" By ANN BURGER, Post
and Courier Food Editor, Sun, 08-Feb-1998.
http://www.charleston.net/pub/entertain/cookin/soup0208.htm

Recipe by: Oscar Vick of Pawleys Island

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by KitPATh on Feb 08,
1998