Minestrone

Ingredients

• 14 lb salt pork diced
• 3 large onions chopped
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 1 lb zucchini sliced
• 12 lb cabbage cut in chunks
• 1 large bay leaf
• 2 qt water
• 1 10 oz pkg frozen green beans
• 1 28 oz can tomatoes
• 1 c thin spaghetti
• salt and pepper to taste
• grated Parmesan cheese optional

Directions

1. In large kettle brown pork until crisp
2. Add onions and garlic and saute until onions are tender
3. Add zucchini cabbage bay leaf and water
4. Bring to boil
5. Cover and simmer 45 minutes Stir in beans tomatoes spaghetti salt and pepper
6. Cook 15 minutes until spaghetti is tender
7. Discard bay leaf
8. Serve with cheese