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The Swedish, French, American cook book

1918

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Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Take five carrots; scrape and put in a saucepan on the stove with two quarts of white stock; cook until tender. When tender, mash the carrots through a fine sieve. Thicken with a cup of cream sauce flavored with pepper and saltCream of Carrot Soup (Potage a la Creme de Carottes). If served in cups for luncheon put a tablespoon of whipped cream on each cup. Otherwise, add one cup of cream to the soup just before serving. Serve with croutons of bread. [Potage de Creme aux Navets (turnips) is made and served in the same way.] Cream of Celery Soup ( Potage a la Creme de Celeri) One bunch celery, two cups water, three cups milk, one large tablespoon butter, two tablespoons flour, pepper, salt, one cup cream, yolk of one eggCream of Celery Soup (Potage a la Creme de Celeri). How to Make It. Remove the heart from the celery and cut in small pieces; put in water with a small speck of salt, and cook separately for the garnishing. Cut the rest of the celery in pieces; put in two cups water, with some salt; cook until tender; mash through a sieve — the celery as well as the water it has cooked in. Put on the stove and keep hot; when ready to make the soup, put the butter in a saucepan; add the flour, the celery stock, and the milk that is heated; season with pepper and salt, add the yolk of the egg — carefully, so as not to let it curl. Add the pieces of cel¬ AMERI CAN COOK BOOK ery and the cream. This soup can be served with croutons of bread. Czarina Russian Soup ( Soupe Czarina a la Russe ) Take two quarts of stock made from beef and ham and highly flavored with all different kinds of vegetables. Grate some beets that have been well cooked and left in the sugar and vinegar, and add to the soup. Add three cloves; clear with whites of two eggs, flavor with salt and pepper. Place on the fire until it comes to a boil; strain through a fine cloth. When pouring out the soup, garnish with tiny diamonds of the beets in each plate and a table¬ spoon of whipped cream on top that is flavored with pepper and salt and a taste of lemon juiceCzarina Russian Soup (Soupe Czarina a la Russe). Onion Soup ( Soupe a l’Oignon ) a la Octavious Put five cups of milk on the stove; put two tablespoons butter in a saucepan; add two tablespoons flour; add three cups of the milk; beat well until very creamy; season with pepper and salt; add about two dozen tiny onions that have been cooked in water with salt until very tender. Let simmer in the cream sauce for a few minutes; add the rest part of the milk. Beat yolks of two eggs with a half cup of creamOnion Soup (Soupe a l’Oignon) a la Octavious and add at the last moment, just before serving. In the meantime make the whites of the eggs into cus¬ tards; when cold cut in diamond shapes and garnish the soup. Serve with fried croutons of bread on a separate dish. Cream of Potato Soup with Tomatoes a la Hildur Potage a la Creme de Pomme aux Tomates, a la Hildur Boil six small potatoes and when done press four through a fine sieve. In the meantime strain up a can of tomatoes and take three cups of the juice and put on the stove to get hot. Put a tablespoon of butter in a pan; add one tablespoon flour; add the tomato juice and two cups of white stock from veal, lamb, or chicken; add the mashed potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Just before serving, add one cup hot milk and half cup creamCream of Potato Soup with Tomatoes a la Hildur. Garnish with dices of cooked potatoes and chopped parsley. Cold Beet Soup a la Waldemar Potage froid aux Betteraves, a la Waldemar Cold Beet Soup a la Waldemar