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Lentil Soup

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 3

Sufficient for four or five persons.

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 840. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lentil Soup. — Wash a pint of lentils, and make them into a puree by boihng them in as much water as will cover them, with LENTIL PLANT. a dessert-spoonful of salt, two ounces of butter, an onion, and a small bunch of herbs. "SVhen tender, press them through a coarse sieve, season with salt and pepper, and moisten with half the quantity of good soup

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