old fashion vegetable soup and cracklin cornbread

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef ( i use chuck)
• 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
• 3 cups peeled and chopped potatoes
• 4 - peeled and sliced carrots
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 2 cans 16 oz whole tomatoes chopped
• 4 -5 cup water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed basil leaves
• 1 - bay leaf
• 2 - beef bouillon
• 2 cups sliced okra, fresh or frozen
• 1 - 16 oz bag whole kernel corn
• 2 cups purple hull peas, fresh, canned or frozen
• 1 can 16 oz cut green beans
• CRACKLIN CORN BREAD
• 2 cups self rising corn meal
• 1/2 cup self rising flour
• 1 medium egg, beaten
• 4 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 - 2 oz bag of pork skins, crumbled
• 1 cup butter milk