Beef sour soup (Bors de vita)

Ingredients for one 5-gallon pot

• 5 lb beef meat
• 4 lb soup bones
• 3 (full) spoons salt
• 2 lb onions
• 2 lb parsnips
• 1/2 lb carrots
• 3 lb celery root
• 2 lb potatoes
• 1 lb green beans
• 1 lb green peppers
• 1 lb yellow squash
• one 12 oz. can of tomato paste
• 2 bundles fresh parsley (curly parsley is better than flat)
• 1 bundle fresh dill
• 3 pk. of Romanian 'Bors Magic' (this is to make the soup sour; another option is lemon juice - but I don't know the exact quantity)

Cooking

1. Cut everything in small cubes (0.5"), except for the bones, and for onions, dill and parsley, which have to be cut in smaller pieces.
2. Fill half the pot with water, add the salt, the bones and the meat. Let it boil and collect the brown 'foam' until no more appears.
3. Add the onions, celery, parsnips, green beans, and carrots and let it boil for 20-25 min.
4. Then add the squash, potatoes and the tomato paste and boil for another 20 min.
5. Add then the green peppers and continue boiling for another 5 min.
6. Finally, add the dill and the parsley and stop the heat. Add the 'Bors Magic' powder, mix until it dissolves, then taste the soup and add salt as necessary. You might also add some fresh parsley just before serving.

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