Kjötsupa Lamb Soup

My daughter and son-in-law went for a week to Iceland. On the first day, they had a lamb soup and after that they hadf it about every day as they loved it so much. Actually the name means "meat soup", but in Iceland meat usually is lamb, So when we had the family over, I tried to duplicate it. I found a lot of different recipes and I read somewhere that this recipe differs from town to town and from family to family. Use what you have, here in the US you probably have to buy the rutabaga, I found mine at Winn Dixie.

• 3 pound of meat (lamb shoulder), preferably with bones, or 2 pounds without. I used the little lamb chops that look like t-bone steaks
• 2 quarts of water (add more if needed)
• 1 tablespoon salt (more or less depends on taste)
• 2 tablespoons dried herbs
• 1 pound pf rutabaga (turnip), if a little bit more, no problem use the whole one
• 1 pound of potatoes (if you really like potatoes, use more
• 3 large carrots
• a quarter white cabage (I make from the rest a German slaw)
• Ground black pepper per taste