Economical Soup

Ingredients

• all that is left of a roast beef meat and bones
• a piece of ham, either raw or cold boiled
• sufficient water to cover them
• a couple dozen of okras
• six or eight large tomatoes
• pepper to taste
• salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Put the meat and bones in to boil with sufficient water to cover them.

2. 2

   Add okras and tomatoes cut in small pieces, pepper and salt to taste; boil until the okra is dissolved.

3. 3

   Toast some slices of bread and cut in small pieces.

4. 4

   Skim the soup carefully, strain it, and pour over the toast.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Popular cook book (1899) by Seeman Printery, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pepper to taste, a little sugar, piece of butter size of walnut; season tomatoes before pouring in the milk. Don’t touch after the thickening goes in. Serve at once. Mrs. W. A. ERWIN. ECONOMICAL SOUP. Take all that is left of a roast beeh meat and bones; and a piece of ham, either raw or cold boiled, put them on to boil with sufficient water to cover them, adda couple dozen of okras, and six or eight large tomatoes, cut them in small pieces, pepper and salt to taste

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