Hamburger Soup

1 lb of hamburger

1 cup chopped each: onion, potatoes, carrots, celery, cabbage

2 lb. can chopped tomatoes

¼ cup rice

3 cups water

4 tsp salt

¼ teaspoon each: basil, thyme,

1 bay leaf

Brown hamburger and onions. Drain the grease off. Add remaining ingredients and simmer 1 hour.

Notes and story: This is a good recipe for a group of people. It comes from my great-grandmother who, as the story goes, made it for 10-20 men during the harvest in the 1920s and 30s. I like it because it is easy, cheep, tasty and the left-overs can be frozen for a later date. (And it is always good to know that I could feed 10-20 men if the need ever presents itself).