SOUPS.

It cannot be denied that the French excel all nations in the excellence of their cuisine, and to their soups and sauces belong the greatest praise. It would be well to follow their example, and it is the duty of every housekeeper to learn the art of soup making. How may a hearty dinner be better begun than with a thin soup? The hot liquid, taken into an empty stomach, is easily assimilated, acts as a stimulant rather than a nutrient (as is the popular opinion), and prepares the way for the meal which is to follow. The cream soups and purées are so nutritious that, with bread and butter, they furnish a satisfactory meal. 1
Soups are divided into two great classes: soups with stock; soups without stock. 2
Soups with stock have, for their basis, beef, veal, mutton, fish, poultry, or game, separately or in combination. They are classified as:— 3
Bouillon, made from lean beef, delicately seasoned, and usually cleared. Exception,—clam bouillon. 4
Brown Soup Stock, made from beef (two-thirds lean meat, and remainder bone and fat), highly seasoned with vegetables, spices, and sweet herbs. 5
White Soup Stock, made from chicken or veal, with delicate seasonings. 6
Consommé, usually made from two or three kinds of meat (beef, veal, and fowl being employed), highly seasoned with vegetables, spices, and sweet herbs. Always served clear. 7
Lamb Stock, delicately seasoned, is served as mutton broth. 8
Soups without stock are classified as:— 9
Cream Soups, made of vegetables or fish, with milk, and a small amount of cream and seasonings. Always thickened. 10
Purées, made from vegetables or fish, forced through a strainer, and retained in soup, milk, and seasonings. Generally thicker than cream soup. Sometimes White Stock is added. 11
Bisques, generally made from shell-fish, milk, and sea-sonings, and served with fish dice; made similarly to purées. They may be made of meat, game, or vegetables, with small dice of the same. 12
Various names have been given to soups, according to their flavorings, chief ingredients, the people who use them, etc. To the Scotch belongs Scotch Broth; to the French, Pot-au-feu; to the Indo, Mulligatawny; and to the Spanish, Olla Podrida. 13
SOUP MAKING
The art of soup making is more easily mastered than at first appears. The young housekeeper is startled at the amazingly large number of ingredients the recipe calls for, and often is discouraged. One may, with but little expense, keep at hand what is essential for the making of a good soup. Winter vegetables—turnips, carrots, celery, and onions—may be bought in large or small quantities. The outer stalks of celery, often not suitable for serving, should be saved for soups. At seasons when celery is a luxury, the tips and roots should be saved and dried. Sweet herbs, including thyme, savory, and marjoram, are dried and put up in packages, retailing from five to ten cents. Bay leaves, which should be used sparingly, may be obtained at first-class grocers’ or druggists’; seeming never to lose strength, they may be kept indefinitely. Spices, including whole cloves, allspice berries, peppercorns, and stick cinnamon, should be kept on hand. These seasonings, with the addition of salt, pepper, and parsley, are the essential flavorings for stock soups. Flour, cornstarch, arrowroot, fine tapioca, sago, pearl barley, rice, bread, or eggs are added to give consistency and nourishment. 14
In small families, where there are few left-overs, fresh meat must be bought for the making of soup stock, as a good soup cannot be made from a small amount of poor material. On the other hand, large families need seldom buy fresh meat, provided all left-overs are properly cared for. The soup kettle should receive small pieces of beef (roasted, broiled, or stewed), veal, carcasses of fowl or chicken, chop bones, bones left from lamb roast, and all trimmings and bones, which a careful housewife should see are sent from the market with her order. Avoid the use of smoked or corned meats, or large pieces of raw mutton or lamb surrounded by fat, on account of the strong flavor so disagreeable to many. A small piece of bacon or lean ham is sometimes cooked with vegetables for flavor. 15
Beef ranks first as regards utility and economy in soup making. It should be cut from the fore or hind shin (which cuts contain marrow-bone), the middle cuts being most desirable. If the lower part of shin is used, the soup, although rich in gelatin, lacks flavor, unless a cheap piece of lean meat is used with it, which frequently is done. It must be remembered that meat, bone, and fat in the right proportions are all necessary; allow two-thirds lean meat, the remaining one-third bone and fat. From the meat the soluble juices, salts, extractives (which give color and flavor), and a small quantity of gelatin are extracted; from the bone, gelatin (which gives the stock when cold a jelly-like
consistency) and mineral matter. Gelatin is also obtained from cartilage, skin, tendons, and ligaments. Some of the fat is absorbed; the remainder rises to the top and should be removed. 16
Soup-stock making is rendered easier by use of proper utensils. Sharp meat knives, hardwood board, two purée strainers having meshes of different size, and a soup digester (a porcelain-lined iron pot, having tight-fitting cover, with valve in the top), or covered granite kettle, are essentials. An iron kettle, which formerly constituted one of the furnishings of a range, may be used if perfectly smooth. A saw, cleaver, and scales, although not necessary, are useful, and lighten labor. 17
When meat comes from market, remove from paper and put in cool place. When ready to start stock, if scales are at hand, weigh meat and bone to see if correct proportions have been sent. Wipe meat with clean cheesecloth wrung out of cold water. Cut lean meat in one-inch cubes; by so doing, a large amount of surface is exposed to the water, and juices are more easily drawn out. Heat frying-pan hissing hot; remove marrow from marrow-bone, and use enough to brown one-third of the lean meat, stirring constantly, that all parts of surface may be seared, thus preventing escape of juices,—sacrificing a certain amount of goodness in the stock to give additional color and flavor, which is obtained by caramelization. Put fat, bone, and remaining lean meat in soup kettle; cover with cold water, allowing one pint to each pound of meat, bone, and fat. Let stand one hour, that cold water may draw out juices from meat. Add browned meat, taking water from soup kettle to rinse out frying-pan, that none of the coloring may be lost. Heat gradually to boiling-point, and cook six or seven hours at low temperature. A scum will rise on the top, which contains coagulated albuminous juices; these give to soup its chief nutritive value; many, however, prefer a clear soup, and have them removed. If allowed to remain, when straining, a large part will pass through strainer. Vegetables, spices, and salt should be added the last hour of cooking. Strain and cool quickly; by so doing, stock is less apt to ferment. A knuckle of veal is often used for making white soup stock. Fowl should be used for stock in preference to chicken, as it is cheaper, and contains a larger amount of nutriment. A cake of fat forms on stock when cold, which excludes air, and should not be removed until stock is used. To remove fat, run a knife around edge of bowl and carefully remove the same. A small quantity will remain, which should be removed by passing a cloth wrung out of hot water around edge and over top of stock. This fat should be clarified and used for drippings. If time cannot be allowed for stock to cool before using, take off as much fat as possible with a spoon, and remove the remainder by passing tissue or any absorbent paper over the surface. 18
How to Clear Soup Stock
Whites of eggs slightly beaten, or raw, lean beef finely chopped, are employed for clearing soup stock. The albumen found in each effects the clearing by drawing to itself some of the juices which have been extracted from the meat, and by action of heat have been coagulated. Some rise to the top and form a scum, others are precipitated. 19
Remove fat from stock, and put quantity to be cleared in stew-pan, allowing white and shell of one egg to each quart of stock. Beat egg slightly, break shell in small pieces and add to stock. Place on front of range, and stir constantly until boiling-point is reached; boil two minutes. Set back where it may simmer twenty minutes; remove scum, and strain through double thickness of cheesecloth placed over a fine strainer. If stock to be cleared is not sufficiently seasoned, additional seasoning must be added as soon as stock has lost its jelly-like consistency; not after clearing is effected. Many think the flavor obtained from a few shavings of lemon rind an agreeable addition. 20
How to Bind Soups
Cream soups and purées, if allowed to stand, separate, unless bound together. To bind a soup, melt butter, and when bubbling add an equal quantity of flour; when well mixed add to soup, stirring constantly until boiling-point is reached. If recipe calls for more flour than butter, or soup is one that should be made in double boiler, add gradually a portion of hot mixture to butter and flour until of such consistency that it may be poured into the mixture remaining in double boiler. 21
SOUPS WITH MEAT STOCK
Brown Soup Stock
6 lbs. shin of beef 1 sprig marjoram
3 quarts cold water 2 sprigs parsley
1/2 teaspoon peppercorns Carrot 1/2 cup each, cut in dice
6 cloves Turnip
1/2 bay leaf Onion
3 sprigs thyme Celery
1 tablespoon salt
Wipe beef, and cut the lean meat in inch cubes. Brown one-third of meat in hot frying-pan in marrow from a marrow-bone. Put remaining two-thirds with bone and fat in soup kettle, add water, and let stand for thirty minutes. Place on back of range, add browned meat, and heat gradually to boiling-point. As scum rises it should be removed. Cover, and cook slowly six hours, keeping below boiling-point during cooking. Add vegetables and seasonings, cook one and one-half hours, strain, and cool as quickly as possible.
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Bouillon
5 lbs. lean beef from middle of round 1 tablespoon salt
Carrot 1/3 cup each, cut in dice
2 lbs. marrow-bone Turnip
3 quarts cold water Onion
1 teaspoon peppercorns Celery
Wipe, and cut meat in inch cubes. Put two-thirds of meat in soup kettle, and soak in water thirty minutes. Brown remainder in hot frying-pan with marrow from marrow-bone. Put browned meat and bone in kettle. Heat to boiling-point; skim thoroughly, and cook at temperature below boiling-point five hours. Add seasonings and vegetables, cook one hour, strain, and cool. Remove fat, and clear. Serve in bouillon cups.
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Tomato Bouillon with Oysters
1 can tomatoes 6 cloves
11/2 quarts bouillon 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1 tablespoon chopped onion 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
1/2 bay leaf 1 pint oysters
Mix all ingredients except oysters, and boil twenty minutes. Strain, cool, and clear. Add parboiled oysters, and serve in bouillon cups with small croûtons.
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Iced Bouillon
Flavor bouillon with sherry or Madeira wine, and serve cold.
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Macaroni Soup
1 quart Brown Soup Stock Salt
1/4 cup macaroni, broken in half-inch pieces. Pepper
Cook macaroni in boiling salted water until soft. Drain, and add to stock heated to boiling-point. Season with salt and pepper. Spaghetti or other Italian pastes may be substituted for macaroni.
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Tomato Soup with Stock
1 quart Brown Soup Stock 1/3 cup flour
1 can tomatoes Onion 1/4 cup each cut in dice
1/2 teaspoon peppercorns Carrot
1 small bay leaf Celery
3 cloves Raw ham
3 sprigs thyme Salt
4 tablespoons butter Pepper
Cook onion, carrot, celery, and ham in butter five minutes, add flour, peppercorns, bay leaf, cloves, and thyme, and cook three minutes; then add tomatoes, cover, and cook slowly one hour. When cooked in oven it requires less watching. Rub through a strainer, add hot stock, and season with salt and pepper.
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Turkish Soup
5 cups Brown Soup Stock 2 slices onion
1/4 cup rice 10 peppercorns
11/2 cups stewed and strained tomatoes 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
2 tablespoons butter
Bit of bay leaf 11/2 tablespoons flour
Cook rice in Brown Stock until soft. Cook bay leaf, onion, peppercorns, and celery salt with tomatoes thirty minutes. Combine mixtures, rub through sieve, and bind with butter and flour cooked together. Season with salt and pepper if needed.
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Creole Soup
1 quart Brown Soup Stock Salt
1 pint tomatoes Pepper
3 tablespoons chopped green peppers Cayenne
2 tablespoons chopped onion 2 tablespoons grated horseradish
1/4 cup butter 1 teaspoon vinegar
1/3 cup flour 1/4 cup macaroni rings
Cook pepper and onion in butter five minutes. Add flour, stock, and tomatoes, and simmer fifteen minutes. Strain rub through sieve, and season highly with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Just before serving add horseradish, vinegar, and macaroni previously cooked and cut in rings.
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Julienne Soup
To one quart clear Brown Soup Stock, add one-fourth cup each carrot and turnip, cut in thin strips one and one-half inches long, previously cooked in boiling salted water, and two tablespoons, each, cooked peas and string beans. Heat to boiling-point.
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Dinner Soup
31/2 lbs. lean beef from round 2 tablespoons butter
2 lbs. marrow-bone Carrot 1/3 cup, each
2 qts. cold water Turnip
1 can tomatoes Onion cut in small pieces
1 teaspoon peppercorns Celery
1 tablespoon salt 1 sprig parsley
1 tablespoon lean raw ham, finely chopped 1/2 bay leaf
Wipe meat and cut in inch cubes. Put one-half in kettle with marrow-bone, water, and tomatoes. Brown remaining half in hot frying-pan with some marrow from bone, then turn into kettle. Heat slowly to boiling-point, and cook at temperature just below boiling-point five hours.
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Cook ham and vegetables with butter five minutes, then add to soup with peppercorns, salt, parsley, and bay leaf. Cook one and one-half hours, strain, cool quickly, remove fat, and clear. 32
Bortchock Soup
6 lbs. shin of beef 2 sprigs parsley
3 qts. cold water 2 stalks celery
1 cup carrot cubes 1 beet finely cut
1/2 cup sliced onion 1 tablespoon salt
6 cloves 1 teaspoon peppercorns
1 allspice berry 2 tablespoons butter
Prepare and cook beef same as for Bouillon. Cook vegetables in butter five minutes; then add to soup with remaining seasonings. Cook one and one-half hours, strain, cool quickly, remove fat, and clear. When ready to clear, add one cup finely chopped raw beet and one-fourth cup vinegar. Select red beets for this soup, and serve as soon as possible after clearing, otherwise it will lose its bright red color, which makes the dish especially appropriate for an American Beauty Dinner.
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Ox-tail Soup
1 small ox-tail 1/2 teaspoon salt
6 cups Brown Stock Few grains cayenne
Carrot 1/2 cup each, cut in fancy shapes 1/4 cup Madeira wine
Turnip 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
Onion 1/2 cup each, cut in small pieces
Celery 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Cut ox-tail in small pieces, wash, drain, sprinkle with salt and pepper, dredge with flour, and fry in butter ten minutes. Add to Brown Stock, and simmer one hour. Then add vegetables, which have been parboiled twenty minutes; simmer until vegetables are soft, add salt, cayenne, wine, Worcester-shire Sauce, and lemon juice.
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Scotch Soup
3 lbs. mutton from fore-quarter 1/2 onion
2 qts. cold water 1/4 cup flour
1/2 tablespoon salt 1/4 cup, each, cut in small cubes
1/4 teaspoon pepper Carrot
2 slices turnip Turnip
2 tablespoons pearl barley
Wipe meat, remove skin and fat, and cut meat in small pieces. Add water, heat gradually to boiling-point, skim, and cook slowly two hours. After cooking one hour, add salt, pepper, turnip, and onion. Strain, cool, remove fat, reheat, and thicken with flour diluted with enough cold water to pour easily. Cook carrot and turnip dice in boiling salted water until soft; drain, and add to soup. Soak barley over night, in cold water, drain, and cook in boiling salted water until soft; drain, and add to soup. If barley should be cooked in the soup, it would
absorb the greater part of the stock. Barley may be omitted; in that case sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and serve with croûtons.
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White Soup Stock I
3 lbs. knuckle of veal 1 large stalk celery
1 1b. lean beef 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
3 quarts boiling water 1/2 bay leaf
1 onion 2 sprigs thyme
6 slices carrot 2 cloves
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Wipe veal, remove from bone, and cut in small pieces; cut beef in pieces, put bone and meat in soup kettle, cover with cold water, and bring quickly to boiling-point; drain, throw away the water. Wash thoroughly bones and meat in cold water; return to kettle, add vegetables, seasonings, and three quarts boiling water. Boil three or four hours; the stock should be reduced one half.
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White Soup Stock II
4 lbs. knuckle of veal 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
2 quarts cold water 1 onion
1 tablespoon salt 2 stalks celery
Blade of mace
Wipe meat, remove from bone, and cut in small pieces. Put meat, bone, water, and seasonings in kettle. Heat gradually to boiling-point, skimming frequently. Simmer four or five hours, and strain. If scum has been carefully removed, and soup is strained through double thickness of cheesecloth, stock will be quite clear.
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White Soup Stock III
The water in which a fowl or chicken is cooked makes White Stock.
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Chicken Soup with Wine
3 1b. fowl 1 onion, sliced
2 quarts cold water 2 stalks celery
2 slices carrot Bit of bay leaf
1 tablespoon salt 2 tablespoons Sauterne wine
1/2 teaspoon peppercorns 1 teaspoon beef extract
1 cup cream Salt Pepper
Wipe and cut up fowl. Cover with water, and add carrot, salt, peppercorns, onion, celery, and bay leaf. Bring quickly to boiling-point, then let simmer until meat is tender. Remove meat and strain stock. Chill, remove fat, reheat, and add wine, beef extract, and cream. Season with salt and pepper.
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French White Soup
4 lb. fowl 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
Knuckle of veal 1/2 tablespoon salt
3 qts. cold water 1 tablespoon lean raw ham,
1 onion, sliced finely chopped
6 slices carrot 4 tablespoons butter
1/2 bay leaf 3 tablespoons flour
1 sprig parsley 1 cup cream
1/2 teaspoon thyme Yolks 2 eggs
Wipe, clean, and disjoint fowl. Wipe veal, remove from bone, and cut in small pieces. Put meat, bone, and water in kettle, heat slowly to boiling-point, skim, and cook slowly four hours. Cook vegetables and ham in one tablespoon butter five minutes, add to soup with peppercorns and salt, and cook one hour. Strain, cool, and remove fat. Reheat three cups stock, thicken with remaining butter and flour cooked together, and just before serving add cream and egg yolks. Garnish with one-half cup cooked green peas and Chicken Custard cut in dice.
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White Soup
5 cups White Stock III 2 cups scalded milk
1/2 tablespoon salt 3 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon peppercorns 4 tablespoons flour
1 slice onion Yolks 2 eggs
1 stalk celery Salt and pepper
Add seasonings to stock, and simmer thirty minutes; strain, and thicken with butter and flour cooked together; add scalded milk. Dilute eggs, slightly beaten, with hot soup, and add to remaining soup; strain, and season with salt and pepper. Serve at once or soup will have a curdled appearance.
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Chicken Soup
6 cups White Stock III 2 stalks celery
1 tablespoon lean raw ham, 1/2 bay leaf
finely chopped 1/4 teaspoon peppercorns
6 slices carrot, cut in cubes 1 sliced onion
1/3 cup hot boiled rice
Add seasonings to stock, heat gradually to boiling-point, and boil thirty minutes; strain, and add rice.
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Turkey Soup
Break turkey carcass in pieces, removing all stuffing; put in kettle with any bits of meat that may have been left over. Cover with cold water, bring slowly to boiling-point, and simmer two hours. Strain, remove fat, and season with salt and pepper. One or two outer stalks of celery may be cooked with carcass to give additional flavor.
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Hygienic Soup
6 cups White Stock III 2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup oatmeal 2 tablespoons flour
2 cups scalded milk Salt and pepper
Heat stock to boiling-point, add oatmeal, and boil one hour; rub through sieve, add milk, and thicken with butter and flour cooked together. Season with salt and pepper.
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Farina Soup
4 cups White Stock III 1 cup cream
1/4 cup farina Few gratings of nutmeg
2 cups scalded milk Salt and pepper
Heat stock to boiling-point, add farina, and boil fifteen minutes; then add milk, cream, and seasonings.
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Spring Soup
1 quart White Stock I or II 1 cup milk
1 large onion thinly sliced 1 cup cream
3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup stale baker’s bread Salt and pepper
Cook onion fifteen minutes in one tablespoon butter; add to stock, with bread broken in pieces. Simmer one hour; rub through sieve. Add milk, and bind with remaining butter and flour cooked together; add cream, and season.
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Duchess Soup
4 cups White Stock III 1/3 cup butter
2 slices carrot, cut in cubes 1/4 cup flour
2 slices onion 1 teaspoon salt
2 blades mace 1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup grated mild cheese 2 cups scalded milk
Cook vegetables three minutes in one and one-half tablespoons butter, then add stock and mace; boil fifteen minutes, strain, and add milk. Thicken with remaining butter and flour cooked together; add salt and pepper. Stir in cheese, and serve as soon as cheese is melted.
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Potage à la Reine
4 cups White Stock III 1/3 cup cracker crumbs
1/2 teaspoon peppercorns Breast meat from a boiled
1 stalk celery Chicken
1 slice onion 2 cups scalded milk
1/2 tablespoon salt 1/2 cup cold milk
Yolks 3 “hard-boiled” eggs 3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
Cook stock with seasonings twenty minutes. Rub yolks of eggs through sieve. Soak cracker crumbs in cold milk until soft; add to eggs. Chop meat and rub through sieve; add to egg and cracker mixture. Then pour milk on slowly, and add to strained stock; boil three minutes. Bind with butter and flour cooked together.
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Royal Soup
1 cup stale bread crumbs 11/2 cups scalded milk
1/2 cup milk 31/2 cups White
Yolks 3 “hard-boiled” eggs Stock III
Breast meat from a boiled chicken 21/2 tablespoons butter
Salt and pepper 21/2 tablespoons flour
Soak bread crumbs in milk, add yolks of eggs rubbed through a sieve and chicken meat also rubbed through a sieve. Add gradually milk, and chicken stock highly seasoned. Bind with butter and flour cooked together, and season with salt and pepper.
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St. Germain Soup
3 cups White Stock I, II, or III Blade of mace
1 can Marrowfat peas 2 teaspoons sugar
1 cup cold water 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 onion 1/8 teaspoon pepper
Bit of bay leaf 2 tablespoons butter
Sprig of parsley 2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup milk
Drain and rinse peas, reserving one-third cup; put remainder in cold water with seasonings, and simmer one-half hour; rub through sieve and add stock. Bind with butter and cornstarch cooked together; boil five minutes. Add milk and reserved peas.
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Imperial Soup
4 cups White Stock III 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns
2 cups stale bread crumbs Bit of bay leaf
2 stalks celery, broken in pieces Blade of mace
2 slices carrot, cut in cubes 1 teaspoon salt
1 small onion 1/2 breast boiled chicken
3 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup blanched almonds
Sprig of parsley 1 cup cream
2 cloves 1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons flour
Cook celery, carrot, and onion in one tablespoon butter five minutes; tie in cheesecloth with parsley, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaf, and mace; add to stock with salt and bread crumbs, simmer one hour, remove seasonings, and rub through a sieve. Chop chicken meat and rub through sieve; pound almonds to a paste, add to chicken, then add cream. Combine mixtures, add milk, reheat, and bind with remaining butter and flour cooked together.
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Veal and Sago Soup
21/2 lbs. lean veal 2 cups scalded milk
3 quarts cold water Yolks 4 eggs
1/4 lb. pearl sago Salt and pepper
Order meat from market, very finely chopped. Pick over and remove particles of fat. Cover meat with water bring slowly to boiling-point, and simmer two hours, skimming occasionally; strain and reheat. Soak sago one-half hour in enough cold water to cover, stir into hot stock, boil thirty minutes, and add milk; then pour mixture slowly on yolks of eggs, slightly beaten. Season with salt and pepper.
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Asparagus Soup
3 cups White Stock II or III 1/4 cup butter
1 can asparagus 1/4 cup flour
2 cups cold water 2 cups scalded milk
1 slice onion Salt and pepper
Drain and rinse asparagus, reserve tips, and add stalks to cold water; boil five minutes, drain, add stock, and onion; boil thirty minutes, rub through sieve, and bind with butter and flour cooked together. Add salt, pepper, milk, and tips.
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Cream of Celery Soup
2 cups White Stock II or III 3 tablespoons flour
3 cups celery, cut in inch pieces 2 cups milk
2 cups boiling water 1 cup cream
1 slice onion Salt
2 tablespoons butter Pepper
Parboil celery in water ten minutes; drain, add stock, cook until celery is soft, and rub through sieve. Scald onion in milk, remove onion, add milk to stock, bind, add cream, and season with salt and pepper.
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Spinach Soup
4 cups White Stock II or III 1/4 cup butter
2 quarts spinach 1/3 cup flour
3 cups boiling water Salt
2 cups milk Pepper
Wash, pick over, and cook spinach thirty minutes in boiling water to which has been added one-fourth teaspoon powdered sugar and one-eighth teaspoon of soda; drain, chop, and rub through sieve; add stock, heat to boiling-point, bind, add milk, and season with salt and pepper.
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Cream of Lettuce Soup
21/2 cups White Stock II or III 1 tablespoon butter
2 heads lettuce finely cut Yolk 1 egg
2 tablespoons rice Few grains nutmeg
1/2 cup cream Salt
1/4 tablespoon onion, finely chopped Pepper
Cook onion five minutes in butter, add lettuce, rice, and stock. Cook until rice is soft, then add cream, yolk of egg slightly beaten, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Remove outer leaves from lettuce, using only tender part for soup.
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Mushroom Soup
1/2 lb. mushrooms 1 cup boiling water
4 cups White Stock III 1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup pearl sago Yolks 2 eggs
Salt and pepper
Clean and chop mushrooms, and add to stock. Cook twenty minutes and rub through a sieve. Cook sago in boiling water thirty minutes, add to stock, and as soon as boiling-point is reached, season with salt and pepper; then add cream and yolks of eggs.
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 lb. mushrooms 1/4 cup flour
4 cups White Stock III 1 cup cream
1 slice onion Salt
1/4 cup butter Pepper
2 tablespoons Sauterne
Chop mushrooms, add to White Stock with onion, cook twenty minutes, and rub through a sieve. Reheat, bind with butter and flour cooked together, then add cream and salt and pepper to taste. Just before serving add wine.
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Cream of Watercress Soup
2 cups White Stock I, II or III 1/2 cup milk
2 bunches watercress Yolk 1 egg
3 tablespoons butter Salt
2 tablespoons flour Pepper
Cut finely leaves of watercress; cook five minutes in two tablespoons butter, add stock, and boil five minutes. Thicken with butter and flour cooked together, add salt and pepper. Just before serving, add milk and egg yolk, slightly beaten. Serve with slices of French bread, browned in oven.
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Cream of Cauliflower Soup
4 cups hot White Stock II or III 1/2 bay leaf
1 cauliflower 1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup butter 2 cups milk
1 slice onion Salt
1 stalk celery, cut in inch pieces Pepper
Soak cauliflower, head down, one hour in cold water to cover; cook in boiling salted water twenty minutes. Reserve one-half flowerets, and rub remaining cauliflower through sieve. Cook onion, celery, and bay leaf in butter five minutes. Remove bay leaf, then add flour, and stir into hot stock; add cauliflower and milk. Season with salt and pepper; then strain, add flowerets, and reheat.
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Cucumber Soup
3 large cucumbers 1 slice onion
2 tablespoons butter 2 blades mace
3 tablespoons flour 1/2 cup cream
3 cups White Stock III Yolks 2 eggs
1 cup milk Salt and pepper
Peel cucumbers, slice, and remove seeds. Cook in butter ten minutes; then add flour and stock. Scald milk with onion and mace. Combine mixtures and rub through a sieve. Reheat to boiling-point and add cream and egg yolks. Season with salt and pepper.
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Almond Soup
2/3 cup almonds 3 stalks celery
6 bitter almonds 3 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons cold water 3 tablespoons flour
1/8 teaspoon salt 2 cups scalded milk
3 cups White Stock III 1 cup cream
1 small onion Salt and pepper
Blanch, chop, and pound almonds in a mortar. Add gradually water and salt; then add stock, sliced onion, and celery, let simmer one hour, and rub through a sieve. Melt butter, add flour, and pour on gradually the hot liquor; then add milk, cream, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve with Mock Almonds .
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String Bean Soup
4 cups White Stock I, II, or III 1/4 cup flour
2 quarts string beans 1/4 cup butter
2 cups scalded milk Salt and pepper
Cook beans until soft in boiling salted water to cover; drain, and rub through sieve. Add pulp to White Stock, then milk; bind, and season with salt and pepper. Garnish with Fritter Beans.
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Soup à la Soubise
Thinly slice two Spanish onions, and cook ten minutes in one-fourth cup butter, stirring constantly. Add one quart White Stock III, cook slowly thirty minutes, and strain. Dilute three tablespoons flour with enough cold water to pour easily, add to soup, and bring to boiling-point. Then add one cup cream, and one tablespoon chopped green peppers, or one-fourth cup grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper.
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Chestnut Purée
4 cups White Stock II or III 2 cups scalded milk
2 cups French chestnuts, boiled and mashed 1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1 slice onion Salt
1/4 teaspoon celery salt Pepper
Cook stock, chestnuts, onion, and celery salt ten minutes; rub through sieve, add milk, and bind. Season with salt and pepper.
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Crab Soup
6 hard-shelled crabs 2 tablespoons butter
3 cups White Stock III 2 tablespoons flour
2/3 cup stale bread crumbs 1 cup cream
1 slice onion Salt
1 sprig parsley Cayenne
Remove meat from crabs, and chop finely. Add stock, bread crumbs, onion, and parsley, and simmer twenty minutes. Rub through a sieve, bind with butter and flour cooked together, then add cream and seasonings. Serve with Pulled Bread.
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Philadelphia Pepper Pot
Sliced onion 1/4 cup each 1/2 lb. honeycomb tripe, cut in cubes
Chopped celery
Chopped green peppers 11/2 cups potato cubes
4 tablespoons butter 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns, finely pounded
31/2 tablespoons flour
5 cups hot White Stock III 3/4 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup heavy cream
Cook vegetables in three tablespoons butter fifteen minutes; add flour, and stir until well mixed; then add remaining ingredients except cream. Cover, and let cook one hour. Just before serving, add cream and remaining butter.
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Mulligatawny Soup
5 cups White Stock II 1/4 cup butter
1 cup tomatoes 1/3 cup flour
Onion, cut in slices 1/4 cup each 1 teaspoon curry powder
Carrot, cut in cubes
Celery, cut in cubes Blade of mace
1 pepper, finely chopped 2 cloves
1 apple, sliced Sprig of parsley
1 cup raw chicken, cut in dice Salt and pepper
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Cook vegetables and chicken in butter until brown; add flour, curry powder, mace, cloves, parsley, stock, and tomato, and simmer one hour. Strain, reserve chicken, and rub vegetables through sieve. Add chicken to strained soup, season with salt and pepper, and serve with boiled rice.
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Mock Turtle Soup
1 calf’s head 2 cups brown stock
6 cloves 1/4 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon peppercorns 1/2 cup flour
6 allspice berries 1 cup stewed and strained tomatoes
2 sprigs thyme
1/3 cup sliced onion Juice 1/2 lemon
1/3 cup carrot, cut in dice Madeira wine
Clean and wash calf’s head; soak one hour in cold water to cover. Cook until tender in three quarts boiling salted water (to which seasoning and vegetables have been added). Remove head; boil stock until reduced to one quart. Strain and cool. Melt and brown butter, add flour, and stir until well browned; then pour on slowly brown stock. Add head-stock, tomato, one cup face-meat cut in dice, and lemon juice. Simmer five minutes; add Royal custard cut in dice, and Egg Balls, or Force-meat Balls. Add Madeira wine, and salt and pepper to taste.
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Consommé
3 lbs. beef, poorer part of round 2 tablespoons butter
1 lb. marrow-bone 1 tablespoon salt
3 lbs. knuckle of veal 1 teaspoon peppercorns
1 quart chicken stock 4 cloves
Carrot 1/3 cup each, cut in dice 3 sprigs thyme
Turnip 1 sprig marjoram
Celery 2 sprigs parsley
1/3 cup sliced onion 1/2 bay leaf
3 quarts cold water
Cut beef in one and one-half inch cubes, and brown one-half in some of the marrow from marrow-bone; put remaining half in kettle with cold water, add veal cut in pieces, browned meat, and bones. Let stand one-half hour. Heat slowly to boiling-point, and let simmer three hours, removing scum as it forms on top of kettle. Add one quart liquor in which a fowl was cooked, and simmer two hours. Cook carrot, turnip, onion, and celery in butter five minutes; then add to soup, with remaining seasonings. Cook one and one-half hours, strain, cool quickly, remove fat, and clear.
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Consommé à la Royal
Consommé, served with Royal custard.
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Consommé au Parmesan
Consommé, served with Parmesan Pâte à Chou.
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Consommé Colbert
To six cups Consommé add one-third cup each of cooked green peas, flageolets, carrots cut in small cubes, and celery cut in small pieces. Serve a poached egg in each plate of soup.
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Consommé aux Pâtes
Consommé, served with noodles, macaroni, spaghetti, or any Italian pastes, first cooked in boiling salted water.
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Consommé d’Orleans
Consommé, served with red and white quenelles and French peas.
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Consommé with Vegetables
Consommé, served with French string beans, and cooked carrots cut in fancy shapes with French vegetable cutters.
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Consommé Princess
Consommé, served with green peas and cooked chicken meat cut in small dice.
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Claret Consommé
To one quart Consommé add one and one-half cups claret, which has been cooked with a three-inch piece stick cinnamon ten minutes and one tablespoon sugar. Color red.
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Bortchock Consommé
Make same as Consommé, adding one-third cup chopped beets with vegetables; then add one cup finely chopped beets when clearing.
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SOUPS WITH FISH STOCK
Clam Bouillon
Wash and scrub with a brush one-half peck clams, changing the water several times. Put in kettle with three cups cold water, cover tightly, and steam until shells are well opened. Strain liquor, cool, and clear.
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Oyster Stew
1 quart oysters 1/4 cup butter
4 cups scalded milk 1/2 tablespoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Clean oysters by placing in a colander and pouring over them three-fourths cup cold water. Carefully pick over oysters, reserve liquor, and heat it to boiling-point; strain through double cheesecloth, add oysters, and cook until oysters are plump and edges begin to curl. Remove oysters with skimmer, and put in tureen with butter, salt, and pepper. Add oyster liquor strained a second time, and milk. Serve with oyster crackers.
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Scallop Stew
Make same as Oyster Stew, using one quart scallops in place of oysters.
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Oyster Soup
1 quart oysters Sprig of parsley
4 cups milk Bit of bay leaf
1 slice onion 1/3 cup butter
2 stalks celery 1/3 cup flour
2 blades mace Salt and pepper
Clean and pick over oysters as for Oyster Stew; reserve liquor, add oysters slightly chopped, heat slowly to boiling-point, and let simmer twenty minutes. Strain through cheesecloth, reheat liquor, and thicken with butter and flour cooked together. Scald milk with onion, celery, mace, parsley, and bay leaf; remove seasonings, and add to oyster liquor. Season with salt and pepper.
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French Oyster Soup
1 quart oysters 1/3 cup butter
4 cups milk 1/3 cup flour
1 slice onion Yolks 2 eggs
2 blades mace Salt and pepper
Make same as Oyster Soup, adding yolks of eggs, slightly beaten, just before serving. Garnish with Fish Quenelles.
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Oyster Soup, Amsterdam Style
1 quart oysters 1/2 teaspoon salt
Water Paprika
3 tablespoons butter Celery salt
31/2 tablespoons flour 1 cup cream
Clean, pick over, chop, and parboil oysters; drain, strain through cheesecloth, and add to liquor enough water to make one quart liquid. Brown butter, add flour, and pour on gradually, while stirring constantly, oyster liquor. Let simmer one-half hour. Season with salt, paprika, and celery salt, and just before serving add cream.
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Oyster Gumbo
1 pint oysters 1/2 can okra
4 cups Fish Stock 1/3 can tomatoes
1/4 cup butter Salt
1 tablespoon chopped onion Pepper
Clean, pick over, and parboil oysters; drain, and add oyster liquor to Fish Stock. Cook onion five minutes in one-half the butter; add to stock. Then add okra, tomatoes heated and drained from some of their liquor, oysters, and remaining butter. Season with salt and pepper.
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Fish Stock is the liquor obtained by covering the head, tail, skin, bones, and small quantity of flesh adhering to bones of fish, with cold water, bringing slowly to boiling-point, simmering thirty minutes, and straining. 87
Clam Soup with Poached Eggs
1 quart clams 2 tablespoons flour
4 cups milk 11/2 teaspoons salt
1 slice onion 1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup butter Few gratings nutmeg
White 1 egg
Clean and pick over clams, using three-fourths cup cold water; reserve liquor. Put aside soft part of clams; finely chop hard part, add to liquor, bring gradually to boiling-point, strain through cheesecloth, and thicken with butter and flour cooked together. Scald milk with onion, remove onion, add milk, seasonings, and soft part of clams. Bring to boiling-point and pour over whites of eggs beaten stiff.
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Clam and Oyster Soup
1 pint clams Sprig of parsley
1 pint oysters Bit of bay leaf
4 cups milk 1/3 cup butter
1 slice onion 1/3 cup flour
2 blades mace Salt and pepper
Clean and pick over oysters, using one-third cup cold water; reserve liquor, and add oysters slightly chopped. Clean and pick over clams, reserve liquor, and add to hard part of clams, finely chopped; put aside soft part of clams. Heat slowly to boiling-point clams and oysters with liquor from both, let simmer twenty minutes and strain through cheesecloth. Thicken with butter and flour cooked together and add soft part of clams. Scald milk with onion, mace, parsley, and
bay leaf; remove seasonings, and add milk to stock. Season with salt and pepper.
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Cream of Clam Soup
Make same as French Oyster Soup, using clams in place of oysters.
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Clam Consommé
Wash two quarts clams in shell. Put in kettle with one-fourth cup cold water, cover, and cook until shells open. Strain liquor through double thickness cheesecloth, add to four cups consommé and clear.
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Clam and Chicken Frappé
Wash and scrub with a brush two quarts clams, changing water several times. Put in kettle with one-half cup cold water, cover tightly, and steam until shells are well opened. Remove clams from shells and strain liquor through double thickness cheesecloth. To one and two-thirds cups clam liquor add two and one-half cups White Stock III, highly seasoned. Cool, and freeze to a mush. Serve in place of a soup in frappé glasses, and garnish with whipped cream.
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Clam and Tomato Bisque
1 quart clams 2 cups cream
11/2 cups cold water 1 cup stewed and strained tomatoes
1/3 cup butter
1/3 flour 1/3 teaspoon soda
1/2 onion Salt
Cayenne
Pour water over clams, then drain. To water add hard part of clams finely chopped. Heat slowly to boiling-point, cook twenty minutes, then strain. Cook butter with onion five minutes; remove onion, add flour and gradually clam water. Add cream, soft part of clams, and as soon as boiling-point is reached, tomatoes to which soda has been added. Season with salt and cayenne, and serve at once.
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Oyster Bisque
1 quart oysters Bit of bay leaf
2 cups White Stock III 2 tablespoons butter
11/2 cups stale bread crumbs 2 tablespoons flour
1 slice onion 4 cups scalded milk
2 stalks celery Salt
Sprig of parsley Pepper
Clean and pick over oysters, reserving liquor, setting aside soft portions, and chopping gills and tough muscles. Cook White Stock, bread crumbs, reserved liquor, chopped oyster, onion, celery, parsley, and bay leaf thirty minutes. Rub through a sieve, bring to boiling-point, and bind with butter and flour cooked together. Add milk, soft portion of oysters, and salt and pepper to taste.
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Cream of Scallop Soup
1 quart scallops 1 tablespoon chopped onion
4 cups milk 5 tablespoons butter
2 cloves 1/4 cup flour
Bit of bay leaf Salt
1/4 teaspoon peppercorns Pepper
Clean scallops, reserve one-half cup and finely chop remainder. Add these to milk, with seasonings and two tablespoons butter, and cook slowly twenty minutes. Strain and thicken with remaining butter and flour cooked together. Parboil reserved scallops, and add to soup. Serve with small biscuits or oysterettes.
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Lobster Bisque
2 lb. lobster 1/4 cup butter
2 cups cold water 1/4 cup flour
4 cups milk 11/2 teaspoons salt
Few grains of cayenne
Remove meat from lobster shell. Add cold water to body bones and tough end of claws, cut in pieces; bring slowly to boiling-point, and cook twenty minutes. Drain, reserve liquor, and thicken with butter and flour cooked together. Scald milk with tail meat of lobster, finely chopped; strain, and add to liquor. Season with salt and cayenne; then add tender claw meat, cut in dice, and body meat. When coral is found in lobster, wash, wipe, force through fine strainer, put in a mortar with butter, work until well blended, then add flour, and stir into soup. If a richer soup is desired, White Stock may be used in place of water.