Poor Man's Soup
From The child's cookery book, 1900
Cabbage can be used instead of lettuce.
Presented as published in 1900. 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 The child's cookery book (1900) by Louisa S. Tate, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Poor Man^s Soup | ] Put a dessertspoonful of dripping into a i stewpan. Fry in it a sliced onion till it is a | nice brown. Pour over one quart of stock. Shred finely a small lettuce and a potato. Throw them into the boiling stock. When the vegetables are quite tender the soup will be done. A slice of ham or bacon minced small will be found a great improve- ment, and also a stick of celery, but celery salt
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