Mrs Beetons Soups Revisited
Cabbage Soup
2.25lt (4 pints) Medium Stock
4-5 Slices Lean Bacon
2 Onions
3 Carrots
1 Large Cabbage
Salt and Pepper, to taste
Scald the cabbage, exit it up and drain it.
Line the saucepan with bacon, add the cabbage, carrots and onions.
Moisten with skimmings from the stock.
Simmer very gently, until the cabbage is tender.
Add the stock, stew gently for 30 minutes.
Carefully skim off every particle of fat.
Season and serve.
Time: 1½ hour.
Sufficient for 8 persons.
Seasonable in winter.
CABBAGE SOUP
118. INGREDIENTS - 1 large cabbage, 3 carrots, 2 onions, 4 or 5 slices of lean bacon, salt and pepper to taste, 2 quarts of medium stock No. 105.
Mode - Scald the cabbage, exit it up and drain it. Line the stewpan with the bacon, put in the cabbage, carrots, and onions; moisten with skimmings from the stock, and simmer very gently, till the cabbage is tender; add the stock, stew softly for half an hour, and carefully skim off every particle of fat. Season and serve.
Time - 1-1/2 hour.
Average cost, 1s. per quart.
Seasonable in winter.
Sufficient for 8 persons.
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