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The Cook County cook book

1912

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Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
HEILBRON SOUP.— Take 3 qts. of water in which vegeta- bles have been boiled (preferably onion or leeks), and let simmer. In another enameled pan put 1 tablespoon of butter; when melted, stir in slowly with a wooden spoon J/^ cup of barley, adding a little at a time, until butter is well "taken up." Let it cook for 5 min- utes, stirring constantly. Then add (a ladle at a time) 6 or 8 ladles of the hot stock, putting in this amount during 10 minutes of stirring. Add J^ the remaining stock, and salt, pepper, and some nutmeg and let simmer another ^ hr. Peel ^ lb. mush- rooms, cut in 4 or 6 pieces each; fry them in butter for 5 minutes, and add to soup 10 minutes before serving, and season afresh. — Mrs. Roger Rawlings, Chicago Heights, 111. HERB POWDER FOR SOUP.— It is not always possible to obtain fresh herbs, so to o-btain a flavoring for soups, procure them in season, fresh, just before they begin to flower. Dry them in a warm oven, pound and pass through a wire sieve. Keep the powder in a small bottle, stopped closely, and keep dry. The proportions are as follows: 2 oz. each of sweet marjoram, winter savory, dried parsley, thyme, Yz oz. of bay leaves, J4 oz. celery seed, 1 oz. sweet basil and ^ oz. lemon peel. — Mrs. E. D. Kelley, Winnetka, 111. SOUP HOTCH-POTCH.— Prepare 3 oz. pearl barley, 1 small cabbage, 2 carrots, 2 onions, 1 small turnip, parsley and herbs, 2 oz. butter, 3 qts. of water, pepper and salt to tasteSoup Hotch-Potch. Put the barley on the fire in the water, scrape 1 of the carrots and put it aside in a little of the water. Chop all the rest of the vegetables fine, and when the water boils put them in with the butter and season- ing. There should be enough vegetables to make the soup thick. Boil the soup for 2 hrs., then put in the scraped carrot and boil another J^ hr. Serves 8. — Mrs. Ernest D. Dean, Glen View, 111. HUNGARIAN SOUP.— Put 1 cup of German lentils in a saucepan with 2 cups of cold water or vegetable stock, and let boil for an hr. If the water is absorbed before the lentils are tender, add a little more. At the end of the hr. pour over them 6 cups of hot water or stock. Put 1 tablespoon of buttej* in a frying-pan, 188 SOUP and when melted add 1 small onion, chopped fine, and 1 table- spoon of flour and 1 clove of garlic. When browned add this to the soup, and at the same time put in J^ cup of diced potatoes. Let simmer gently for J/^ an hr., then press through a sieve, return to the fire, season well with salt and pepper, and add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or reduced vinegar before serving. — Mrs. Roger Rawlings, Chicago Heights, 111. SOUP FOR INVALID.— Cut in small pieces 1 lb. of beef or mutton, or a part of both; boil gently in 2 qts. of water; and skim, and when reduced to a pt. strain it and season with a little salt, and take a teacup at a time. — Mrs. Frank Cress, Park Ridge, 111. Hungarian Soup