Bean Soup by Minnie Peters

3 quarts water
1 cup navy or soup beans
1 cup chopped celery
1 each chopped carrot
3 each cubed potato
1/4 cup diced onion
1/3 cup rice
8 each beef bullion cubes
2 cups diced canned tomatoes
2 lbs browned hamburger
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup precooked barley

Wash beans. In a large pot combine cold water and beans. bring to a full hard boil. Turn off and let sit 1 hour. Brown hamburger and drain off grease. Add all other ingredients to beans and cook over a medium heat stirring as needed till beans are done.