Poor Man's Soup

Ingredients

• four tablespoonfuls of beef dripping
• two quarts of boiling water
• an ounce of butter
• a pound and a half of raw potatoes sliced
• a little pepper and salt
• the heart of a young cabbage

Method

1. 1

   Clarify dripping if needed.

2. 2

   Add dripping to boiling water, then add butter, potatoes, and seasoning.

3. 3

   Boil for an hour.

4. 4

   Add cabbage and boil until done.

5. 5

   Serve with toasted sippets.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1268. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Poor Man's Soup.— The dripping which is used for making soup should be taken out of the tin almost as soon as it has drojjped from the meat. If any cinders have accidentally dropped into it, it should be clarified. Throw four table- spoonfuls of beef dripping into two quarts of boihng water. Add an ounce of butter, a pound and a half of raw potatoes sliced, and a little pepper and salt. Boil for an hour. Take the heart of a yoimg cabbage

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