Kidney Soup (Mock)

Ingredients

• 1 lb. liver
• 1 carrot
• a onions
• A piece of celery
• 10 teacupfuls water
• A piece of turnip
• a tablespoonfuls of browning
• a tablespoonfuls of flour
• A good bone
• 1 tablespoonful of butter

Method

1. 1

   Put the vegetables and bone on to boil and simmer for 2 or 3 hours.

2. 2

   Put the butter into a stewpan, and let it get smoking hot.

3. 3

   Wash and cut up the liver in pieces, about 0.5 inch square, fry in the butter, add 2 teacupfuls of water and simmer for 1 hour.

4. 4

   Strain the liquid from the bone and vegetables, mix with the liver, and add the browning.

5. 5

   Moisten the flour with water, add seasoning, and stir into the soup.

6. 6

   Return all to the soup pot, and stir till it boils.

7. 7

   Calves’ liver is best for this soup.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

KIDNEY SOUP (Mock). 1 lb. liver. 1 carrot, a onions. A piece of celery. 10 teacupfuls water. A piece of turnip, a tablespoonfuls of browning, a tablespoonfuls of flour. A good bone. 1 tablespoonful of butter

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