Tortoise Soup
From Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper, 1902
The liver is a delicacy and can also be scalloped with butter and breadcrumbs.
Presented as published in 1902. 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 Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
the whole tortoise, after chopping off its head, scrubbing it well, and then boiling it till the parts separate. The juice strained and taken. To kill a tortoise, our old cook Abraham used to scratch its back, and when the tortoise put out its head he chopped it off. The legs of the tortoise after it is boiled, and the liver (which is a special delicacy), after removing the gall-bag, eaten with lemon and pepper and salt
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