Mitch’s Mock “Little Turtle” Soup

Ingredients

• 6 pounds ground chuck (or ground turkey)
• 1 - 48 ounce can of V8 juice
• 8 tablespoons dried onion
• 2 tablespoons celery seed
• 2 lemons (unpeeled)
• 1 - 14 ounce bottle of catsup
• 1/2 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 4 chicken bouillon cubes
• 8 stalks celery
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 1 1/2 pounds cabbage (yes cabbage)
• 7 tablespoons of mixed spices (some combination of garlic, whole cloves, thyme, allspice, chopped and ground)
• 6 carrots
• 2 1/2 16s distilled vinegar
• 5 - 15 ounce cans of tomatoes
• 8 tablespoons Worchester sauce
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 2 tablespoons kitchen bouquet
• bunch of fresh parsley, chopped
• 8 hard cooked eggs (sliced)

Directions

Tie all spices in a cheesecloth bag.
Use a blender to chop veggies.
Put a ½ can tomatoes in with each blender of veggies.
Run blender on #5 speed. Mix all ingredients in large pot.
Cover and simmer 4 hours.
Discard spice bag.

Add sliced eggs and chopped parsley when serving, after soup has cooled some.

From Lineardog and made by Mitch Harper’s sister, Kris Bowers