Instructions: In large soup kettle, sauce bacon, onions, carrots, and garlic until onion is tender. Add water, broth, tomato paste, potatoes, lentils, salt, cloves and bay leaves. Simmer, covered, for 1-1/2 hours.

Add vinegar and sausages and cook another 1/2 hour. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Makes 12 servings.

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