CHAPTER II

SOUPS

SOUP ACCESSORIES

Browned Crackers

8 crackers salt butter cayenne

Spread crackers with butter, sprinkle with salt and cayenne, and brown in oven.

Cheese Crackers

8 crackers salt, cayenne grated cheese butter

Spread crackers thinly with butter, sprinkle with salt and cayenne, and cover with grated cheese. Cook in oven until cheese is melted.

Crisps

4 slices of bread salt butter cayenne

Spread bread with butter or dip in melted butter. Sprinkle with seasonings. Remove crusts and cut in long narrow strips. Brown in slow oven.

Rings may be cut from the prepared bread and browned in the oven. Three of the narrow strips may be inserted in each ring.

Croûtons

Cut bread one fourth inch in thickness, remove crust. Cut slices in strips, and strips in cubes. Dip in melted butter, brown in the oven or fry in deep fat.

SOUP GARNISHINGS

Cheese Balls

¼ cup butter ¾ cup flour ½ cup water ¼ teaspoon salt cayenne and paprika 3 eggs ¼ cup grated cheese

Melt butter, add water, and cook two minutes; add seasonings and flour, boil until mixture forms in a mass in center of pan. Cool slightly, add eggs unbeaten, one at a time, add cheese, drop from teaspoon into hot fat, drain, and serve immediately.

Egg Balls

4 hard-cooked eggs 1 raw egg yolk salt and cayenne 1 white of egg flour or sifted cracker crumbs

Mash yolks of eggs, add seasonings, and enough yolk of egg to form a paste. Shape into balls the size of a walnut, dip in slightly beaten white of egg, dip in flour or cracker crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Drain and serve with soup.

Rice Balls

1 cup cold cooked rice 2 tablespoons flour salt, cayenne, nutmeg 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 1 egg

Press rice through sieve, add flour, egg and seasonings. Roll in balls, allowing a teaspoon for each ball. Cook in boiling salted water until they harden on the outside. Serve hot with soup.

Marrow Balls

4 tablespoons marrow 1 egg salt, cayenne, nutmeg soft bread crumbs

Cook marrow in frying pan, strain, beat, add egg, seasonings, and enough bread crumbs to make of a consistency to shape. Form in small balls and poach in hot water.

Fritter Beans

2 eggs 1 teaspoon butter 1 teaspoon lard 4 tablespoons milk 4 tablespoons grated cheese salt, pepper, cayenne

Melt butter and lard, add milk; when boiling, add flour and seasonings; cook two minutes, stirring constantly; add cheese and eggs, cool, drop from teaspoon into hot fat, drain, and serve with soups.

Noodles

flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 egg cayenne slight grating of nutmeg

Beat egg. Add seasonings and enough flour to make a stiff dough. Work on floured board until smooth and elastic. Cut a small portion and roll thin as a wafer. Cut in fancy shapes and cook in boiling salted water or soup stock twenty minutes. Serve hot in soups.

This paste may be spread on the bottom of inverted dripping pans and baked in a quick oven. Crease before removing from pan.

Noodle Balls

Use Noodle Mixture, allowing less flour, shape into round marbles, and cook in boiling salted water twenty to thirty minutes. Serve hot in soups.

Vegetable Cubes

2 egg yolks ½ cup beef stock 1 whole egg ½ cup mashed peas salt, pepper, cayenne nutmeg

Mix yolks of egg, whole egg, peas and seasonings, add hot stock. Pour into buttered tin to the depth of one inch, set into hot water, and bake in slow oven until mixture is firm. Cool, cut in cubes, and serve in soups.

Chicken Quenelles

½ pound chicken 2 tablespoons butter cayenne 2 tablespoons bread crumbs salt and nutmeg milk 1 egg

Chop chicken and press through a sieve. Soak bread in milk, press through sieve, add melted butter, egg slightly beaten, chicken, seasonings, and milk to make of the consistency to shape. Shape between two spoons, and poach in boiling salted water.

Fish Quenelles

1 cup fish 1 egg white salt, pepper, cayenne ⅓ cup cream

Chop fish and press through a sieve. Add unbeaten white of egg and cream beaten until stiff; add seasonings, and poach in boiling water.

This mixture may be rolled in balls or shaped in teaspoons.

SOUPS

Brown soup stock is made from beef and vegetables, or from beef, veal and fowl, and vegetables.

Veal with onion and celery and seasonings makes white stock; or veal and chicken together, with celery, onions, and seasonings, are used for white stock.

Cream soups are generally made without stock, milk or cream being the liquid used, the foundation made from fish or vegetables.

_Chicken Stock_ is made from fowl, resembles white stock, but not quite so rich.

The meats used for soups are the poorer parts of the creature—the shin, the round, the neck of beef, the knuckle of veal, and the whole bird of fowls.

A bouquet of sweet herbs is used for seasoning soups; it is composed of parsley, bay leaf, cloves, peppercorns, thyme and marjoram.

Stock Soups

Skill, patience and good materials are necessary for the making of good soup. In order to draw out and dissolve the nutritive and flavoring qualities of meat, cut the meat into small pieces, cover with cold water, and let stand at least an hour, then heat very gradually.

For a rich stock allow one pint of water to each pound of meat and bone, having only one quarter pound bone and three quarters meat. One kind of meat may be used, or several kinds. If soup is made from remnants of cold meat, be sure to add a small amount of fresh meat to give added flavor. Remember that if the contents of the soup kettle are allowed to boil for any length of time, it will be almost impossible to secure a clear soup from the stock.

How to clear Soup Stock

Allow the white and shell of one egg for two quarts of strained stock. Beat the white, add crushed shell and the cold stock, pour into kettle, set over the fire, and stir constantly until the boiling point is reached; boil three minutes without stirring, then simmer for ten minutes, strain through sieve, then through a cheese cloth; reheat and serve. If these directions are followed, an absolutely clear soup will be the result.

To keep Soup Stock

When the stock is ready to strain, strain into several receptacles; a coating of fat will form on the top, which serves to keep out the air. This fat must be removed before clearing the stock. Stock with a coating of fat will keep a week in summer and several weeks in winter. If the weather is very warm, scald the stock, then cool quickly.

Asparagus Soup

1 can of asparagus or 1 bunch of asparagus 4 cups cold water 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons salt a few grains cayenne 1 cup cream 2 slices onion ¼ teaspoon white pepper 2 cups milk

Wash asparagus if fresh and break off tips; break remainder of stalks into small pieces. Cook tips and stalks in cold water separately. When tender, drain; reserve water. Keep tips for garnishing soup. Press stalks through a purée sieve. Scald milk with onion, remove onion, add asparagus water, and thicken with flour and butter cooked together. Bring mixture to boiling point; add cream and seasonings. Pour over tips and serve.

NOTE.—If canned asparagus is used, drain, add water and cook in milk in a double boiler twenty minutes. Then drain and proceed as with fresh asparagus.

Artichoke Soup

1 can artichokes 3 cups cold water 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups scalded milk 1 egg 1 teaspoon salt 1 slice onion few grains cayenne

Cook artichokes and onion in water till tender. Drain, press through sieve, and return to water. Melt butter; add flour and scalded milk. Cook until mixture thickens. Combine mixtures, add seasonings, and just before serving pour on to beaten egg.

Bean Soup

1 cup Lima beans 4 cups cold water 2 tablespoons chopped onion 1 sprig parsley 1 stalk celery 2 tablespoons carrot 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 3 cups milk salt and cayenne 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce ½ teaspoon pepper

Soak beans over night. Cook beans, onion, parsley, celery and carrot in cold water; when tender rub through a sieve. Melt butter; add flour, milk and seasonings; cook five minutes. Combine mixtures and serve.

One cup stewed tomatoes added to this soup makes a pleasant variation.

Kidney Bean Soup

Use receipt for Bean Soup, substituting kidney beans for Lima beans and adding one tablespoon vinegar.

Baked Bean Soup

2 cups baked beans 2 tablespoons onion 2 cups tomatoes 2 cups water 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour salt, pepper and celery salt 2 tablespoons chopped pickle

Cook beans in water ten minutes; press through a sieve. Cook onion in butter five minutes; add flour and seasonings. When well blended, add tomato, cook five minutes, strain, add bean mixture, reheat, and serve with chopped pickles.

If beans are very sweet, it may be necessary to add one to two tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar.

Cabbage Soup

1 small cabbage 2 cups water 2 cups milk 3 slices onion 4 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon pepper few grains cayenne 2 tablespoons flour

Chop cabbage, add water, and cook until tender; press through a sieve. Melt butter, add chopped onion, cook slowly five minutes, add flour, scalded milk, cabbage mixture; cook five minutes. Add seasonings, strain and serve.

Carrot Soup

carrots 2 slices onion sprig parsley ¼ cup rice 4 tablespoons butter 1½ teaspoons salt few grains cayenne 2 cups water 2 cups scalded milk 2 tablespoons flour

Chop enough carrots to make two cups. Cook in water until tender. Press through sieve, reserving liquor. Cook rice in milk in double boiler. Cook onion in butter; add flour and seasonings. Mix carrot mixture with rice and milk and pour on to butter and flour; bring to the boiling point, strain and serve. Garnish with chopped parsley. If this soup seems too thick, thin with cream or milk.

Cauliflower Soup

1 medium-sized cauliflower 4 cups cold water 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons grated cheese 2 cups scalded milk 2 teaspoons salt 2 slices onion 1 egg yolk few grains cayenne

Cook cauliflower in cold water until tender; drain, press through a sieve, add scalded milk. Cook onion in butter, add flour; when well blended, add cauliflower mixture, seasonings; cook five minutes, strain, add yolk of egg slightly beaten, and cheese.

Celery Soup

2 cups celery 1 quart cold water 2 slices onion 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups scalded milk 1½ teaspoons salt 1 blade of mace cayenne celery salt

Chop celery; cook in water until tender. Cook onion and mace in milk twenty minutes; strain. Melt butter; add flour and seasonings. Combine celery and milk mixtures, thicken with butter and flour cooked together, cook five minutes and serve.

NOTE.—Pieces of celery not suitable for the table may be utilized for this soup. The leaves and root of celery make a very good soup.

Chestnut Soup

2 cups chestnuts shelled and blanched 3 cups cold water 2 cups scalded milk ⅛ teaspoon celery salt salt cayenne nutmeg 2 tablespoons onion 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup cream

Cook chestnuts in cold water until tender, press through a sieve, and add scalded milk. Cook onion in butter five minutes, add flour, seasonings and chestnut mixture. Cook five minutes, add cream, strain and serve.

NOTE.—To shell chestnuts, make a cross on either side of the nut with a sharp knife. Put one teaspoon melted butter in dripping pan; add chestnuts and cook in oven until shells come off easily.

Cucumber Soup

4 cucumbers 4 stalks of celery 4 cups milk 2 slices onion 1 tablespoon chopped pepper 4 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour salt and pepper cayenne and celery salt 1 cup cream or rich milk

Chop cucumbers and celery; add onion and pepper; cook in milk in double boiler twenty minutes. Add flour and butter cooked together, and seasonings. Cook five minutes, strain, add cream, reheat and serve.

Corn Soup

1 can corn or 6 ears of corn 2 cups cold water 2 tablespoons chopped onion 2 cups scalded milk 1½ teaspoons salt celery salt and cayenne 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 1 cup beaten cream 1 cup popped corn

Cook corn in cold water twenty minutes. Press through a sieve; add scalded milk. Cook onion in butter, add flour and seasonings, corn mixture, cook five minutes, strain, add beaten cream, and serve. Garnish with popped corn.

Onion Soup

6 medium-sized onions 3 cups cold water 2 cups scalded milk salt and cayenne 3 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 1 egg yolk 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon pimento

Chop onions, cook in two tablespoons butter five minutes; add water, cook thirty minutes, press through a sieve. Melt remaining butter, add flour, scalded milk and seasonings, cook five minutes. Combine mixtures, add egg yolks slightly beaten, Parmesan cheese and pimento.

Pea Soup

1 can peas 2 cups cold water 1½ teaspoons salt a bit of bay leaf 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 3 cups scalded milk 1 tablespoon chopped onion cayenne and celery salt

Cook peas, bay leaf, onion, and cold water twenty minutes. Press through a sieve. Make a white sauce of butter, flour, and milk. Combine mixtures, add seasonings, and serve.

NOTE.—Cold cooked peas may be used instead of canned peas.

Rice Soup

1 cup rice 6 cups cold water 1 small onion 1 green pepper 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 2 cups cream 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour salt, cayenne and nutmeg 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Cook rice, onion and pepper in cold water until rice is tender. Press through a sieve. Melt butter, add flour, cream and seasonings; boil five minutes. Combine mixtures. Add parsley and serve.

Sorrel Soup

1 cup chopped sorrel 1 pint cold water 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons flour salt and cayenne 1 tablespoon tomato catsup 2 eggs 1 cup cream 2 slices onion

Cook onion and sorrel in butter five minutes, add water, cook thirty minutes. Cook milk and flour in double boiler twenty minutes, add cream, beaten eggs, catsup and strained sorrel mixture. Season and serve.

Spinach Soup

2 quarts spinach 6 cups cold water bit of bay leaf 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter 2 cups milk 1 clove of garlic or 2 tablespoons chopped onion cayenne pepper and celery salt 3 tablespoons flour ½ cup cream

Cook spinach in water thirty minutes. Press through a sieve, scald milk with onion and bay leaf, add butter and flour cooked together, strain, add seasonings and spinach mixture; cook five minutes and serve. Garnish with beaten cream.

Squash Soup

2 cups cooked and strained squash 4 cups milk 2 slices onion bit of bay leaf 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour salt and cayenne ½ cup cream 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon Liebig’s beef extract

Cook onion in butter five minutes, add flour, extract, seasonings, and milk in which bay leaf has been scalded, cook five minutes; add squash, strain, add two tablespoons of butter and serve. Garnish with beaten cream.

Potato Soup

5 potatoes, boiled 2 tablespoons onion 2 tablespoons carrot ¼ teaspoon celery salt salt, pepper and cayenne 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 quart milk

Cook onion and carrot in butter five minutes, add flour, milk, seasonings; cook in double boiler twenty minutes; add mashed potato, and serve after straining. One cup stewed and strained tomatoes or one fourth cup tomato catsup may be used to vary this soup.

Tomato Soup

1 can tomatoes 2 slices onion 2 sprigs parsley bit of bay leaf few gratings of nutmeg 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 4 cups water 3 cloves salt and cayenne

Melt butter, add flour. Cook remaining ingredients together twenty minutes. Press through a sieve and thicken with flour mixture. If tomato lacks flavor, season highly with Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco sauce.

Tomato Bisque Soup

1 can tomatoes 1 quart milk 2 tablespoons chopped onion ¼ cup flour ¼ cup butter 1½ teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon chopped parsley ¼ teaspoon soda cayenne and celery salt 6 cloves

Melt butter, add onion, cook five minutes; add flour, milk and seasonings, cook in double boiler twenty minutes. Cook tomatoes, press through a sieve, add soda. Combine mixtures and strain. Serve immediately. If tomato is very acid, it may be necessary to add more soda to neutralize.

Tomato Soup with Stock

1 can tomatoes 2 tablespoons chopped onion 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons green pepper 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 sprig parsley bit of bay leaf 2 cups brown stock salt and cayenne 2 tablespoons horse-radish ¼ cup cooked macaroni cut in rings

Melt butter, add green pepper and onion, cook five minutes; add tomato, horse-radish, stock and seasonings. Thicken with butter and flour cooked together. Simmer ten minutes, strain, add macaroni and serve. This soup unstrained would be a purée.

Turnip Soup

2 cups hot mashed turnip 1 cup hot mashed potato 2 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons salt ½ onion 4 cups scalded milk 4 tablespoons butter ⅛ teaspoon pepper

Mix turnip, potato and scalded milk. Melt butter, add flour, salt and pepper; when well blended add turnip mixture and onion cut in small pieces. Cook in double boiler twenty minutes, stirring occasionally; strain and serve.

Water Cress Soup

3 cups chopped cress 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons chopped onion 1¼ teaspoons salt 1 cup whipped cream 4 cups milk 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon beef extract cayenne and Worcestershire Sauce

Cook cress, butter and onion together five minutes; add flour and seasonings. When smooth add milk in which extract has been mixed, cook twenty minutes, strain, serve and garnish with whipped cream.

Vegetable Soup

1 cup chopped carrot 1 cup chopped turnip 1 cup chopped celery ½ cup butter or pork fat 2 cups chopped potato 1 cup chopped onion 4 cups milk salt, pepper, cayenne

Parboil potatoes ten minutes. Melt butter, add vegetables, cook ten minutes, stirring occasionally. Add milk and cook in doubler boiler until vegetables are tender. Season, strain, garnish with parsley and serve.

Black Bean Purée

2 cups black beans 8 cups water 4 tablespoons chopped pork 3 tablespoons chopped onion 2 tablespoons flour 1½ teaspoons salt 6 cloves ½ teaspoon mustard 2 tablespoons butter 1 hard-cooked egg 1 lemon sliced

Soak beans over night, drain, add water and cook until tender—four or five hours. Press through a sieve; cook pork in a frying pan, add onion, cook five minutes; add bean mixture, melt butter, add flour and seasonings; combine mixtures, strain. Garnish with egg cut in slices and lemon.

A ham bone cooked with the beans is considered by many to be an improvement.

Split Pea Purée

2 cups split peas 8 cups water 3 tablespoons chopped onion 1 teaspoon salt 2 drops Tabasco Sauce 4 tablespoons chopped pork 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk

Soak peas over night, drain, cook until tender. Cook onion and salt pork together ten minutes; add to pea mixture. Press through a sieve, melt butter, add flour, milk, seasonings, and cook five minutes. Combine mixtures, and serve.

Lentil Purée

Prepare the same as Split Pea Purée, substituting one and one half cups lentils for split peas.

Potato Chowder

3 cups potatoes cut into dice ½ cup salt pork cut into dice ¼ cup onion 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 3 cups milk 1 cup water 1 tablespoon parsley 1 teaspoon salt cayenne and celery salt

Cook salt pork in frying pan ten minutes; add onion, cook ten minutes. Put a layer of parboiled potatoes in kettle, cover with onions and salt pork, and so continue until all potatoes and onions are used.

Cover with water and simmer until potatoes are tender. Melt butter; add flour, milk and seasonings. Cook five minutes. Combine mixtures.

If potatoes are very old, it is better to parboil them before putting them with the onion.

Corn Chowder

1 can corn 1 cup salt pork cut in cubes 1 cup potatoes ½ cup onion salt and cayenne 3 cups water 2 cups milk 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon flour ½ cup cracker crumbs

Cook salt pork in frying pan five minutes; add onion and cook until yellow. Parboil potatoes five minutes; add to onion with corn and water; cook twenty minutes. Thicken milk with butter and flour cooked together. Combine mixtures; add cracker crumbs and seasonings, and serve.

Succotash may be substituted for corn.

Clam Chowder

4 cups clams 4 cups potatoes ½ cup onion ½ cup salt pork cut in cubes 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce 2 cups boiling water 4 cups milk, scalded 2 tablespoons butter

Remove heads from clams and chop. Parboil potatoes. Cook onion and salt pork together ten minutes. Arrange clams, potatoes, onion and salt pork in layers in the kettle; cover with boiling water, and simmer until tender. Thicken milk with flour and butter cooked together; add fish mixture and seasonings, and serve.

Fish Chowder

1 haddock weighing five pounds 4 cups potato dice ½ cup onion dice ½ cup salt pork dice salt, pepper, cayenne 4 cups hot water 2 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 4 cups milk 10 buttered crackers

Remove head and skin and cut fish into fillets. Cover head, skin and bones with cold water; simmer twenty minutes; strain. Reserve liquor.

Parboil potatoes ten minutes. Cook onions in salt pork until yellow. Arrange in layers, fish, potatoes, onions and salt pork; cover with water in which bones were cooked, and simmer until potatoes are tender. Thicken milk with butter and flour cooked together, combine mixtures, add seasonings, and pour over buttered crackers which have been previously soaked in cold milk.

_Caution._—Do not allow onion or salt pork to burn.

New England Chowder

4 cups clams or 4 pounds haddock 4 tablespoons onion 4 cups tomatoes 4 tablespoons salt pork fat 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups boiling water salt, pepper and cayenne 10 buttered crackers 3 cups potato dice

Cook onion in salt pork fat until yellow; add clams or fish free from bone; simmer twenty minutes. Parboil potatoes, drain, and add to fish with boiling water. Cook until potatoes are tender.

Melt butter; add flour, tomatoes and seasonings. Combine mixtures, and pour over buttered crackers which have been previously soaked in cold milk.

Lobster Chowder

2 cups lobster meat ¼ cup onion ¼ cup salt pork fat 2 tablespoons butter 4 cups milk salt, cayenne, blade of mace 1 cup hot cream 2 tablespoons flour

Cook onion in salt pork fat; melt butter; add flour, milk and seasonings, and cook in double boiler with lobster cut in cubes twenty minutes; add strained salt pork fat, hot cream, and serve.

Crab Chowder

Prepare the same as Lobster Chowder, substituting crab meat for lobster meat.

Shrimp Chowder

Prepare the same as Lobster Chowder, substituting shrimps for lobster meat.

Salt Codfish Chowder

¼ cup salt pork fat 2 onions cut in small pieces 2 cups shredded codfish 1 cup cream 4 tablespoons butter 3 cups potato cut in cubes salt, pepper, cayenne 1 cup boiling water 8 crackers buttered 2 tablespoons flour

Soak codfish in cold water one hour; drain. Parboil potatoes ten minutes. Cook onions in pork fat, add drained potatoes, fish, and one cup of boiling water; cook until potatoes are tender. Melt butter; add flour, milk, cream and seasonings. Combine mixtures, cook five minutes, and serve with crackers which have been previously soaked in milk.

Clam Bisque No. 1

2 cups clams 2 tablespoons onion bit of bay leaf 3 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour 2 cups chicken stock 1 teaspoon salt pepper and cayenne 2 cups hot cream 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce

Chop clams, and cook in stock twenty minutes. Melt butter, add onions, cook five minutes; add flour, strained clam liquor, cook five minutes; add seasonings, cream, and serve.

Crab Bisque

6 crabs 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons onion 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk ½ cup boiled rice cayenne and blade of mace

Boil crabs in water to cover twenty minutes. Remove meat, add rice, and cook in two tablespoons butter five minutes; add onion, cook five minutes, and press all through a sieve. Scald mace in milk. Thicken milk with butter and flour cooked together; add seasonings.

Combine mixtures, reheat and serve.

Lobster Bisque

2 cups lobster meat 2 cups boiled rice 2 cups white stock ½ tablespoon salt lobster coral 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk pepper, cayenne and nutmeg 2 tablespoons Madeira

Cook lobster, rice and white stock twenty minutes; press through a sieve. Thicken milk with flour and butter cooked together; add seasonings. Combine mixtures and thin with cream to desired consistency. Garnish with lobster coral pressed through a sieve.

Oyster Bisque

2 cups white stock or milk 1 teaspoon chopped parsley blade of mace 2 cups oysters 1 cup cream salt, pepper, cayenne 1 egg 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour

Cook oysters in white stock until edges curl. Strain, reserve liquor and chop oysters; press through a sieve; add butter and flour cooked together, seasonings and cream; cook five minutes, add to egg slightly beaten and serve.

Clam Bisque No. 2

Substitute clams for oysters and proceed as for Oyster Bisque.

Oyster Bisque à la Reine

4 cups oysters 1 cup milk 1 egg 2 tablespoons butter salt, paprika, cayenne ½ cup cracker crumbs 1 cup finely chopped chicken meat parsley dash nutmeg

Cook oysters in their own liquor until edges shrivel. Drain, reserve liquor; chop oysters. Melt butter, add cracker crumbs and milk. Cook five minutes, add seasonings, combine mixtures, strain thoroughly. Add beaten egg and chicken meat.

Bisque of Shrimps, Bretonne

1 quart shrimps 2 tablespoons onion 3 tablespoons butter 2 cups white stock 1 tablespoon carrot 2 tablespoons celery ¼ cup chopped mushrooms salt and cayenne 1 cup white wine

Cook shrimps and vegetables in butter; add seasonings, white stock, and boil five minutes. Press through a sieve. Add wine and serve immediately.

By adding one cup of cream and two tablespoons of butter a much richer and smoother soup may be made.

Bouillon

6 pounds round of beef finely chopped 3 quarts cold water 1 pound bones, cracked 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon finely chopped red or green pepper 1 small onion stuck with cloves ¼ cup celery ¼ cup carrot 6 peppercorns 2 cloves ¼ cup sherry 2 tablespoons butter

Cover meat and bones with cold water; simmer four hours. Sauté vegetables in butter; add to stock with seasonings except sherry. Cook one hour longer, strain, cool, remove fat and clear. Add sherry and serve.

Brown Soup Stock

Is made like bouillon, with the addition of three sprigs of parsley, one sprig of thyme and omission of the sherry. If the stock is not sufficiently brown, add one teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet for each quart of stock, or one teaspoon of caramelized sugar.

Many prefer browning a portion of the meat before covering with cold water, to give color to the soup.

If this method is employed, use one quart less water.

St. Germain Soup

6 cups brown stock 2 tablespoons onion 1 sprig parsley 3 tablespoons butter 1 can peas bit of bay leaf salt, pepper, cayenne 3 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk

Reserve one fourth cup of peas for garnishing; cook remainder of peas, onion, bay leaf and parsley in stock ten minutes; mash through a sieve. Make a white sauce of butter, flour and milk; combine mixtures, cook five minutes, add peas, and serve with sippets of bread.

Consommé

8 pounds beef 2-pound knuckle of veal 1 small fowl ¼ cup carrot ¼ cup turnip ¼ cup onion 1 tablespoon salt 1 sprig marjoram 1 sprig thyme 1 bay leaf 1 sprig parsley 6 quarts cold water

Simmer beef, veal and fowl in water four hours; add vegetables, salt, and herbs tied in a bag; cook slowly one hour. Strain, cool, remove fat and serve.

Consommé is the foundation for all clear soups, each soup taking its name from the garnishing which is used.

Consommé with Barley

2 tablespoons pearl barley 8 cups boiling water 2 quarts consommé 1 teaspoon salt

Cook barley in boiling water until tender; add salt, reheat in consommé and serve.

Consommé with Eggs

2 quarts consommé 6 eggs 4 cups water 1 teaspoon salt

Poach eggs in salted water. Place in a tureen and pour hot consommé over them.

Consommé Claret

2 quarts consommé 1 inch stick cinnamon 3 egg yolks 2 cups claret 2 cups hot water 3 egg whites

Cook cinnamon in consommé; add claret and hot water. Beat egg yolks; add hot mixture slowly to them. Cut and fold in the beaten whites. Serve immediately.

Vegetable Consommé

8 cups consommé 2 tablespoons carrots 2 tablespoons string beans 2 tablespoons turnips 2 tablespoons green peas 2 tablespoons asparagus tips

Cut carrots and turnips in inch straws, add remaining vegetables, and cook in boiling salted water until tender; add consommé, reheat and serve.

Consommé à l’Italienne

2 tablespoons spaghetti 4 tablespoons mushrooms 2 cups consommé 2 tablespoons butter

Cook spaghetti in boiling salted water; when tender, cut in rings. Cut mushrooms in slices and sauté with spaghetti in melted butter. Heat consommé, add spaghetti and mushrooms, and serve.

Consommé au Riz

8 cups consommé ¼ cup rice 8 cups boiling water 1½ teaspoons salt

Cook rice in boiling salted water until tender; drain, pour over rice six cups boiling water to wash off starch and separate kernels; drain, add hot consommé and serve.

Swiss Consommé

6 cups consommé ½ cup carrots cut in fancy shapes 2 tablespoons butter ¼ cup turnips cut in fancy shapes 1 cup celery cut in small pieces 2 tablespoons cold cooked chicken 1 cup roasted chestnuts cut in slices

Melt butter, add vegetables and cook until yellow. Cook in boiling water until tender, being careful not to overcook. Drain, add hot consommé, chestnuts and chicken. Season with salt and pepper if necessary.

Chicken Consommé

1 fowl cut in pieces 4 quarts cold water ¼ cup onion ¼ cup celery 1½ tablespoons salt pepper, cayenne and celery salt bit of bay leaf sprig of parsley

Cover fowl with cold water, bring to the boiling point, then simmer four hours; add vegetables and seasonings, and simmer one hour. Strain, cool, remove fat, clear and serve.

If all the stock is not needed at once, remove fat from portion required only, as fat prevents the stock from spoiling.

Chicken Consommé with Macaroni

2 quarts chicken consommé ½ cup cooked macaroni cut in rings

Reheat consommé and add macaroni rings.

Chicken Consommé with Custard

½ cup milk 1 slice onion ½ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce salt, cayenne bit of bay leaf 1 egg 6 cups consommé

Scald milk with onion and bay leaf. Strain; beat egg slightly; add seasonings and milk. Bake in shallow pan until firm. Cool; remove from pan; cut in fancy shapes. Heat consommé, add custard and serve.

White Soup Stock No. 1

1 knuckle veal 1 onion stuck with 6 cloves ⅓ cup celery water 1 fowl ⅓ cup carrot 1 tablespoon salt parsley pepper and cayenne

Break the knuckle of veal in small pieces; add cut and disjointed fowl and water, allowing one quart to each pound of meat and bone. Cook three hours, keeping below the boiling point. Add remaining ingredients; simmer one hour; strain; cool; use as needed.

White Soup Stock No. 2

6-pound knuckle of veal 2 pounds chopped veal ¼ cup celery 4 quarts water ¼ cup onion 1 teaspoon peppercorns 2 teaspoons salt

Break knuckle in pieces; add chopped veal; cover with water; let stand one hour. Simmer four hours; add vegetables; simmer one hour; add seasonings and strain.

The meat used in this receipt or in White Soup Stock No. 1 may be chopped and used for croquettes, soufflés, veal loaf, or hash, but as it lacks flavor, the dishes must be highly seasoned to be palatable.

White Soup

2 cups white stock 2 cups cream salt and pepper 1 cup cooked rice 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour

Make a white sauce of butter, flour and cream. Add white stock, cooked rice, seasonings; reheat and serve.

Chicken Stock

Cook a fowl in cold water to cover; add seasonings, strain, and use for stock.

Peanut Soup

2 cups shelled and blanched peanuts ¼ cup onion ¼ cup celery 2 cups white stock 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk salt, cayenne, paprika

Chop peanuts in meat chopper. Cook chopped nuts, onion and celery in white stock twenty minutes. Melt butter; add flour, milk and seasonings; cook five minutes. Combine mixtures, strain and serve.

Mushroom Soup

4 cups mushrooms 4 cups water 4 cups chicken stock 4 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 1 cup cream salt and pepper celery salt

Clean and chop mushrooms; cook in water until tender; press through a sieve. Melt butter; add flour, white stock; cook five minutes; add mushroom mixture, cream and seasonings; reheat, strain and serve.

Chicken Gumbo

1 chicken cut in pieces 1 cup salt pork cubes ¼ cup onion 4 quarts water 4 tablespoons flour salt, pepper, cayenne 1 cup cream 1 quart green okra 1 tablespoon chopped red pepper 1 bay leaf, sprig of thyme 4 tablespoons butter 1 cup rice cooked 1 clove garlic

Cook salt pork in frying pan five minutes; add chicken, and sauté a golden brown. Remove chicken; add onion, garlic, okra cut in slices, and sauté one half hour. Add to chicken and cover with boiling water. Add red pepper, seasonings, and cook slowly until chicken is tender. Melt butter; add flour and cream; cook five minutes; add chicken mixture. Serve garnished with rice.

Oyster Gumbo

¼ cup onion ¼ cup butter 1 quart oysters 4 quarts water 1 chicken cut in pieces 1 cup cooked rice 1 tablespoon chopped red pepper 1 quart okra 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour salt and pepper

Melt butter, add chicken, and sauté. Remove chicken; add onion, okra, pepper. Cook ten minutes. Add to chicken and cover with boiling water. When chicken is tender, add oysters and cook until edges curl. Melt butter, add flour, and thicken soup. Serve garnished with rice.

Crab Gumbo

Prepare same as Chicken Gumbo, substituting one quart crab meat for chicken and using the crab liquor.

Mulligatawny Soup

6 cups chicken stock ¼ cup onion 2 tablespoons chopped cooked ham 1 tablespoon carrot 4 cloves 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 teaspoon chopped parsley salt, pepper, cayenne ½ cup cooked chicken 2 cups tomato ½ cup green apple 1 tablespoon tomato catsup ¼ cup boiled rice 1 lemon sliced

Melt butter, add vegetables, and cook five minutes. Add remaining ingredients, except lemon, and cook one half hour. Serve garnished with lemon.

Green Turtle Soup

1 can green turtle 4 cups brown stock 4 cloves, 6 peppercorns bit of bay leaf blade of mace cayenne 1 sliced lemon sprig each of savory, marjoram, thyme and sage 3 tablespoons butter ¼ cup onion 3 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups brown stock ¼ cup sherry

Separate the green fat from the rest of the turtle. Cut fat in cubes. Cook turtle and herbs in four cups of stock one half hour. Melt butter; add onion, flour, salt, cayenne and two cups stock; boil five minutes; add turtle mixture; cook five minutes; add fat cubes. Pour into tureen, and garnish with lemon; add sherry. Serve.

Terrapin Soup

1 can terrapin 4 cups white stock 4 tablespoons butter 2 egg yolks hard cooked salt, cayenne blade of mace 1 cup cream 2 tablespoons flour ¼ cup sherry

Cook terrapin, stock and mace twenty minutes. Melt butter, add flour, cream and egg yolks; combine mixtures, add sherry, and garnish with rice balls.

Mock Turtle Soup

1 calf’s head 1 teaspoon vinegar 2 tablespoons onion 2 tablespoons turnip bit of bay leaf 6 peppercorns 2 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons Madeira ½ lemon, thinly sliced 2 quarts cold water 2 tablespoons carrot 2 tablespoons celery 2 sprigs parsley 2 tablespoons chopped ham 1 cup meat from calf’s head 1 tablespoon salt 2 cups brown stock 1 tablespoon mushrooms

Cover calf’s head with cold water, add vinegar, vegetables, seasonings, and simmer two hours. Remove one cupful of meat. Simmer two hours longer. Strain; cool; remove fat. Brown butter; add flour, and brown; add brown stock, strained liquor, chopped ham, calf’s head meat, lemon, Madeira and mushrooms. Reheat and serve.

Should it be necessary to keep the soup hot, delay adding wine until serving.

Ox-tail Soup

2 ox-tails 1 onion stuck with 6 cloves ¼ cup salt pork fat 2 quarts cold water pepper and cayenne 1 cup brown stock 1 sprig parsley 2 tablespoons carrot 2 tablespoons celery 2 teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons Madeira wine 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour

Cut ox-tails at joints, add onion, and sauté in pork fat; add cold water, and simmer four hours; add vegetables and seasonings; simmer one hour. Strain; cool; remove fat. Brown butter; add flour and brown; add strained stock, brown stock and meat cut from bones. Reheat, add Madeira, and serve.