Turtle Soup

Ingredients

• two green turtles
• one gallon of water
• two pounds of beef
• two onions
• one or two carrots
• the juice of two lemons
• the rind of one chopped fine
• a few Irish potatoes
• about a quart of tomatoes
• several ears of corn
• a little parsley
• a little celery
• a little summer savory
• one tablespoonful of cinnamon
• one of cloves
• one nutmeg
• a teacupful of good wine
• the beef well chopped
• a pint of sweet milk
• a little thickening made of cream and flour
• salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Boil turtles in water until done.

2. 2

   Bone them and return to kettle.

3. 3

   Add onions, carrots, lemon juice and rind, potatoes, tomatoes, corn, parsley, celery, savory, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, wine, and chopped beef.

4. 4

   Boil for four hours.

5. 5

   Before serving, add milk and thickening.

6. 6

   Adjust consistency with boiling water if necessary.

7. 7

   Serve with rolled crackers and hard-boiled eggs.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Kentucky home cook book (1884) by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South., page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

turtle soup. Mrs. A. YVadsworth. TURTLE SOUP. Take two green turtles that have been dressed the day before, one gallon of water, and two pounds of beef. Put the turtles in a kettle and boil until thoroughly done — must go on about eight o'clock in the morning. With a skimmer lift the turtles out and bone them, then return to the kettle and add the following ingredients: Two onions and one or two carrots cut fine, the juice of twTo lemons and the rind of one chopped fine, a few Irish potatoes cut in small pieces, about a quart of tomatoes, several ears of corn cut off the The New Kentucky Home Cook Book. 27 cob, a little parsley, celery, and summer savory, one table- spoonful of cinnamon and one of cloves, one nutmeg, a tea- cupful of good -\vine, and the beef well chopped. Boil four hours. Just before taking off the fire, add a pint of sweet milk and a little thickening made of cream and flour; salt and pepper to taste

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