5 Hour Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 2 lb. beef, cut up for stew
• 4 carrots, peeled and quartered
• 2 talks celery, cut in 1-inch pieces
• 2 potatoes, chunked large
• 1 green pepper, chunked
• 1 onion, chunked
• 3 Tbsp. Minute tapioca
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• dash of pepper
• 12 oz. V-8 juice or your own tomato juice