Cook it with 2 quarts of water for 3 hours. Strain
and clarify it with white of an egg, add salt, pepper,
a glass of sherry, i hard-boiled egg, and i lemon,
sliced.
PIGEON BROTH. (Boulogne.)
Lard and roast 4 fine pigeons, cut up the meat
and put the bones and gravy in i quart of stock to
cook. Chop the meat, with one onion, i pound
of bread-crumbs soaked in milk, and i ounce of
butter. Add to the rest and cook i hour. Press
through a sieve, add i tablespoonful of port or
sherry, salt, pepper, and some slices of toasted
bread.
LOBSTER MULLIGATAWNY. (England.)
Cook 2 ounces of chopped ham, i carrot, i
onion, i bayleaf,✪ Pepper-Pot some parsley, i ounce of butter.
Add two pounds of boiled lobster, cut into dice,
I quart of veal stock, i spoonful of sherry, i ounce
of flour mixed with i ounce of butter, a table-
spoonful of curry powder, then cook yi hour.
Add the yolks of 2 eggs and J^ cup of hot cream,
press through a sieve, and serve with a dish of
boiled rice.
LENTEN BROTH (as made in the convents of France
and Austria).
Cook 2 pounds of flounders or any white fish,
cut up, with I carrot, i onion, i turnip, 2 pieces of
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celery, and a bunch of herbs, with i quart of water,
for 2 hours. Take out the fish, remove skin and
bones, and put the fish back again, add i pint of
boiling milk, mixed with flour and butter, the
yolk of an egg and juice of a lemon, salt, pepper,
and nutmeg. Press through a sieve and serve
hot.
FISH BROTH (as made in Sweden).
Take the water in which a large fresh fish has
been boiled, add any scraps or gravy, left over; re-
duce by boiling to i quart. Strain it, add i leek,
6 potatoes, i carrot, cut up, a bayleaf, and some
parsley. Simmer for ^ hour, add i pint of hot
white stock, salt, pepper, a tablespoonful of sherry,
and 12 oysters. Cook ten minutes more and
serve.
TURKEY SOUP. (Rouen.)
Chop the dark meat of a turkey, add the gravy,
bones, skin, and stuffing, i cup of bread-crumbs, an
onion, some parsley, and 2 quarts of water. Cook
3 hours, add salt and pepper, nutmeg, J^ cup of
boiling milk, mixed with a little butter and flour,
and press through a sieve.
TCHI. (Russian Soup.)
Make i pound of sausage meat into small balls
and fry them brown. Chop 2 large onions and
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the heart of a cabbage, fry them in butter or suet,
add 2 ounces flour, salt, pepper, parsley, and 3
pints of stock. Cook i hour, add the sausage
balls, and i glass of tarragon vinegar.
CRECY SOUP. (Flanders.)
The Prince of Wales always eats a bowl of this
every 26th of August, in memory of his ancestor,
the Black Prince, and the battle of Crecy.
Wash, scrape, and slice 12 fine young carrots;
cook in I ounce of butter with i spoonful of
chopped ham or bacon, i onion, i turnip, a bay-
leaf, parsley, and sweet marjoram. Stir while cook-
ing, add I quart of stock, simmer two hours.
Press through a sieve, add salt, pepper, and nut-
meg and croutons.
CONSOMME RACHEL. (France.)
This soup was created for the great actress who,
like most people of genius, was a ionne fourchette.
Mix I cup of finely chopped and cooked chicken
with sufficient white stock to make a paste. Season
It and cook, like a custard, in a pan of water. Then
cut in squares. Heat i quart of consomme with a
thickening of flour and butter, i ounce of each,
and the yolk of an egg and j4 cup of cream. Add
salt, pepper, the chicken custard, and 2 tablespoon-
fuls of cooked green pea✪ Consomme Rachels.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Cook it with 2 quarts of water for 3 hours. Strain and clarify it with white of an egg, add salt, pepper, a glass of sherry, i hard-boiled egg, and i lemon, sliced.
PIGEON BROTH. (Boulogne.)
Lard and roast 4 fine pigeons, cut up the meat and put the bones and gravy in i quart of stock to cook. Chop the meat, with one onion, i pound of bread-crumbs soaked in milk, and i ounce of butter. Add to the rest and cook i hour. Press through a sieve, add i tablespoonful of port or sherry, salt, pepper, and some slices of toasted bread.
LOBSTER MULLIGATAWNY. (England.)
Cook 2 ounces of chopped ham, i carrot, i onion, i bayleaf, some parsley, i ounce of butter. Add two pounds of boiled lobster, cut into dice, I quart of veal stock, i spoonful of sherry, i ounce of flour mixed with i ounce of butter, a tablespoonful of curry powder, then cook yi hour. Add the yolks of 2 eggs and J^ cup of hot cream, press through a sieve, and serve with a dish of boiled rice.
LENTEN BROTH (as made in the convents of France
and Austria).
Cook 2 pounds of flounders or any white fish, cut up, with I carrot, i onion, i turnip, 2 pieces of
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celery, and a bunch of herbs, with i quart of water, for 2 hours. Take out the fish, remove skin and bones, and put the fish back again, add i pint of boiling milk, mixed with flour and butter, the yolk of an egg and juice of a lemon, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Press through a sieve and serve hot.
FISH BROTH (as made in Sweden).
Take the water in which a large fresh fish has been boiled, add any scraps or gravy, left over; reduce by boiling to i quart. Strain it, add i leek, 6 potatoes, i carrot, cut up, a bayleaf, and some parsley. Simmer for ^ hour, add i pint of hot white stock, salt, pepper, a tablespoonful of sherry, and 12 oysters. Cook ten minutes more and serve.
TURKEY SOUP. (Rouen.)
Chop the dark meat of a turkey, add the gravy, bones, skin, and stuffing, i cup of bread-crumbs, an onion, some parsley, and 2 quarts of water. Cook 3 hours, add salt and pepper, nutmeg, J^ cup of boiling milk, mixed with a little butter and flour, and press through a sieve.
TCHI. (Russian Soup.)
Make i pound of sausage meat into small balls and fry them brown. Chop 2 large onions and
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the heart of a cabbage, fry them in butter or suet, add 2 ounces flour, salt, pepper, parsley, and 3 pints of stock. Cook i hour, add the sausage balls, and i glass of tarragon vinegar.
CRECY SOUP. (Flanders.)
The Prince of Wales always eats a bowl of this every 26th of August, in memory of his ancestor, the Black Prince, and the battle of Crecy.
Wash, scrape, and slice 12 fine young carrots; cook in I ounce of butter with i spoonful of chopped ham or bacon, i onion, i turnip, a bayleaf, parsley, and sweet marjoram. Stir while cooking, add I quart of stock, simmer two hours. Press through a sieve, add salt, pepper, and nutmeg and croutons.
CONSOMME RACHEL. (France.)
This soup was created for the great actress who, like most people of genius, was a ionne fourchette.
Mix I cup of finely chopped and cooked chicken with sufficient white stock to make a paste. Season It and cook, like a custard, in a pan of water. Then cut in squares. Heat i quart of consomme with a thickening of flour and butter, i ounce of each, and the yolk of an egg and j4 cup of cream. Add salt, pepper, the chicken custard, and 2 tablespoonfuls of cooked green peas.
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peace congress).
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