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This is an easy one.
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Place meat, bones, onions, carrots, and celery into 8 quart.
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large soup pot.
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Add in water, almost to top.
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Add in tomato puree.
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Add in salt and pepper.
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Bring to boil, then lower heat to simmer.
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Add in sugar and sour salt Or possibly lemon juice Or possibly vinegar.
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Cook till meat is tender.
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Taste it and adjust for sweet and sour to your family's liking.
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Add in more sugar if not sweet sufficient, more sour if too sweet.
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The first taste should almost make your mouth pucker.
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Remove meat.
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Add in sliced cabbage and potatoes, and bring soup back to boil, lower head again and cook till potatoes and cabbage are tender, around 25 min.
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You can serve this in either of two ways: (1) slice meat and remove potatoes from with slotted spoon.
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Serve the meat and potatoes on serving platters at the table.
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(2) Slice or possibly chunk meat and return to pot and serve up as a one dish meal.
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This is really yummy with a good dark pumpernickel bread.
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*Note.
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since this is a peasant type soup, the measurements do not need to be exact.
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Feel free to adjust the amounts to your own tastes and needs.
