homemade vegetable soup and crackling corn bread

Ingredients For homemade vegetable soup and crackling corn bread

• CRACKLING CORN BREAD
• 1 lb

  salt pork
• 2 c

  self rising cornmeal
• 1 c

  self rising flour
• 1 Tbsp

  sugar
• 2 Tbsp

  bacon drippings
• 1 lg

  egg
• 1 c

  butter milk
• 2 c

  pork cracklings
• HOMEMADE VEGETABLE SOUP
• 1 c

  sliced fresh okra or a 10 oz bag frozen
• 3

  ears of corn cut from ears or 2/3 cup canned corn
• 3

  fresh tomatoes chopped or 16 oz canned tomatoes
• 3 c

  chopped cabbage
• 3 md

  carrots, sliced
• 3

  stalks of celery, chopped
• 1 lg

  onion, diced well
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1/4 tsp

  black pepper
• 2 tsp

  bacon or fat back drippings
• 1 qt

  water
• 1 c

  beef broth
• 1 md

  can of chopped green chillies