BARLEY SOUP

Ingredients:

• 100 grams (1/2 cup) of barley
• 200 grams (1 cup) of smoked meat
• 100 grams (1/2 cup) of bacon
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 small leek
• 1 potato
• 1 stalk celery
• salt
• 1 liter and 3/4 water (about 2 quarts)

Preparation:

• Cut the bacon into cubes and fry in a large pot; add the barley and fill with water.
• Add the smoked meat and boil it all for about two hours.
• Twenty minutes before the end of cooking add the chopped vegetables.