Maryland Crab Soup

Ingredients

• 6 to 8 strips bacon
• 1 lb beef shin bone
• 3 qt water
• 1 large onion chopped
• 2 large stalks celery chopped
• 1 l lb can tomatoes
• 1 Tbsp salt
• 14 tsp pepper
• 18 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 10 oz pkg frozen mixed vegetables
• 1 pkg frozen mixed soup vegetables with okra
• 1 lb crab meat or 6 to 8 cooked and steamed crabs pick center part and throw in claws

Directions

1. Brown beef in soup pot with bacon strips
2. Add other ingredients except frozen vegetables and crab meat
3. Cook 3 hours or until meat is tender
4. Add rest of ingredients and simmer covered until vegetables are done
5. If you want it hotter add a few dashes of Tabasco sauce or have it available on serving