Five Hour Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 2 lb. stew beef
• 2 large potatoes, cut up
• 4 carrots, cut up
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, cut up
• 3 Tbsp. Minute tapioca
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 Tbsp. sugar
• dash of black pepper
• 1 can V-8 vegetable juice