Scotch Broth

Ingredients

• % cup pearl barley
• 2 pounds neck of mutton
• 2 quarts cold water
• cup each of carrot
• turnip
• onion
• and celery
• 2 tablespoonfuls butter
• 1 tablespoonful flour
• 2 teaspoonfuls salt
• 1 saltspoonful white pepper
• 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Pick over, and soak the barley over night or several hours in cold water.

2. 2

   Wipe the meat with a clean wet cloth.

3. 3

   Remove the fat and skin.

4. 4

   Scrape the meat from the bones and cut it into half-inch dice.

5. 5

   Put the bones on to boil in one pint of cold water, and the meat in three pints of cold water.

6. 6

   Let the latter boil quickly, and skim carefully just as it begins to boil.

7. 7

   When the scum comes up white, add the barley and skim again.

8. 8

   Cut the vegetables into quarter-inch dice, fry them five minutes in one tablespoonful of the butter, and add them to the meat.

9. 9

   Simmer three or four hours, or until the meat and barley are tender.

10. 10

    Strain the water in which the bones have simmered.

11. 11

    Cook one tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan with one tablespoonful of flour.

12. 12

    When smooth, add the strained water gradually, and stir into the broth.

13. 13

    Add the salt, pepper, and parsley.

14. 14

    Simmer ten minutes, and serve without straining.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book (1884) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Scotch Broth. % cup pearl barley. 2 pounds neck of mutton. 2 quarts cold water. cup each of carrot, turnip, on- ion, and celery. 2 tablespoonfuls butter. 1 tablespoonf ul flour. 2 teaspoonfuls salt. 1 saltspoonful white pepper. 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley. Pick over, and soak the barley over night or several hours in cold water. Wipe the meat with a clean wet cloth. Eemove the fat and skin. Scrape the meat from the bones and cut it into half-inch dice. Put the bones on to boil in one pint of cold water, and the meat in three pints of cold water. Let the latter boil quicklj', and skim carefully just as it begins to boil. When the scum comes up white, add the barley and skim again. Cut the vege- tables into quarter-inch dice, fry them five minutes in one tablespoonful of the butter, and add them to the meat. Simmer three or four hours, or until the meat and barley are tender. Strain the water in which the bones have sim- mered. Cook one tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan with one tablespoonful of flour. When smooth, add the strained water gradually, and stir into the broth. Add the salt, pepper, and parsley. Simmer ten minutes, and serve without straining. Manj^ people have a prejudice The Boston Cook Book. 141 against mutton in stews or broths. The strong, disagree- able flavor lies mostly in the skin. If this be removed together with the fat, it will repay one for the time and trouble. As this broth is not to be strained, it is always well to boil the bones separateh^ Care must be taken not to let the water boil away. This is a favorite dish among the Scotch. They often serve it with a larger proportion of vegetables. The carrots are sometimes grated, giving the broth a fine color, and sometimes the dice of meat are first browned in the butter. Rice may be used instead of bar- lej^ Scotch broth made after this receipt has been tested by a native Scotchman, and pronounced more like the auld countree " than any other dish eaten in America. Mutton Broth. Allow one quart of cold water to each pound of meat and bone. Break the bones and cut the meat (which should be lean) into small pieces. Cover with cold water and heat slowly. Add one teaspoonfal of salt and half a salt- spoonful of pepper^ and a small slice of onion

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