Southern Gumbo Soup

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, cut up
• 2 slices of bacon
• 3 quarts boiling water
• 1 onion
• sweet herbs (tied in a bag)
• ½ teacup sliced okra
• ½ teacup boiled rice
• 1 quart canned tomatoes
• 1 dozen oysters with their juice
• 1 glass of wine

Directions

1. Fry the chicken and bacon until light brown.

2. Pour boiling water over the chicken and bacon.

3. Add the onion and sweet herbs; simmer gently for 3.5 hours.

4. Strain the liquid and remove the fat.

5. Add the ham and chicken pieces back into the liquid.

6. Stir in the sliced okra and boiled rice; boil for 30 minutes.

7. Just before serving, add the wine and oysters with their juice.