Granny Mia's Sou pas (soupish)

Brown meat. Add tomato sauce and whole onions. Let simmer about ½ hour. Add water to cover meat. Add about hand full of mint to pot. Put pickling spice in 2 spice or tea containers and add to pot. Let cook about 3 to 4 hours till meat falls apart adding water when needed. Keep adding fresh mint to pot a little at a time. When ready to eat take all mint, onion and pickling spice out. Remove meat and shred apart replacing it back in pot after shredding. Chop onions up and put back in pot. Ladle soup over french bread slices. Enjoy