Lentil Soup (another way)

Ingredients

• lb. red lentils
• 1 onion
• 1 stick of celery
• 2 oz. dripping
• 3 slices bacon
• 1 small carrot
• 1 turnip
• a quart of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Soak lentils overnight in cold water.

2. 2

   Melt dripping in a stew-pan, wash and drain lentils, add to stew-pan with onion and chopped vegetables.

3. 3

   Stir for 5 minutes, add water, bacon, salt, and pepper.

4. 4

   Boil, skim, and simmer until lentils are done.

5. 5

   Pass through a sieve and reheat.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from How to cook vegetables (1911) by Charles Herman Senn, page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lentil Soup ( another way). \ lb. red lentils, 1 onion, 1 stick of celery, 2 oz. dripping, butter or 3 slices bacon, salt and pepper, 1 small carrot, and 1 turnip. Soak the lentils over-night in cold water ; melt the dripping in a stew-pan ; wash and drain the lentils, 108 HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES. then put them in the stew-pan with the sliced onion and vegetables cut into pieces ; stir them over the fire for 5 minutes ; then add a quart of cold water

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