Recipe - Oscars Broccoli Soup (With Meat)

4 sl Smoked bacon; minced
8 ounce Ribeye steak; ground
1 cup Cooked mashed rutabagas
1 cup Mashed potatoes
1 cup Cooked white rice
1 pound Broccoli; minced and blanched
1 cup Diced celery
1 cup Diced green bell pepper
1 cup Diced onion
2 Cloves garlic; minced
1 qt Skim milk
One half cup Butter
1 cup Halfandhalf
1 cup Crumbled cheese crackers
One half cup Chopped parsley
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Hot sauce
1 teaspoon 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 2025 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, 08Feb1998.
http://www.charleston.net/pub/entertain/cookin/soup0208.htm

Recipe by: Oscar Vick of Pawleys Island

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Feb 08,
1998