Rieder's Bouja

Total Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 (7 lb) baking hens
• 6 -8 lbs stewing beef
• 2 stalks celery, cut up
• 1 head cabbage, cut up (about 2 lb.)
• 8 onions, cut up
• 6 (12 ounce) packages beans or 6 (12 ounce) packages frozen corn or 6 (12 ounce) packages frozen peas or 6 (12 ounce) packages frozen carrots
• 2 cans rutabagas
• 2 cans lima beans
• 2 cans cut yellow beans
• 2 cans peeled whole tomatoes, crushed
• salt and pepper
• 1 ounce pickling spices

Recipe

• 1 boil chicken and beef in a heavy kettle until tender.
• 2 use enough water to cover.
• 3 remove meat and cut into small bite-sized chunks.
• 4 discard fat and skin.
• 5 to broth, add celery, cabbage, onions and boil until almost tender.
• 6 add remaining vegetables according to taste and desired thickness.
• 7 after vegetables have cooked a short time together add meat and simmer until meat breaks apart.
• 8 stir occasionally with a wooden paddle.
• 9 salt and pepper to taste.
• 10 put (very important) dry pickling spice in a strong cloth bag and tie firmly with string so it won't come apart.
• 11 drop the bag into simmering bouja plunging it in and out after a short time, tasting as you go until it tastes right.