Mrs Beetons Soups Revisited
Milk Soup
(A Nice Dish for Children)
2.25lt (4 pints) Milk
6 Egg Yolks
4 Thin Slices Bread
3 tsp Sugar (approx)
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 saltspoon Salt
Boil the milk with the salt, cinnamon and sugar.
Place the bread in a deep dish, pour over a little of the milk and keep hot over a stove, without burning.
Beat the egg yolks, add them to the milk and stir it over the heat until it thickens.
Do not let it curdle.
Pour it upon the bread and serve.
Time: ¾ hour.
Sufficient for 10 children.
Seasonable all the year.
MILK SOUP
(a Nice Dish for Children)
137. INGREDIENTS - 2 quarts of milk, 1 saltspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, 3 teaspoonfuls of pounded sugar, or more if liked, 4 thin slices of bread, the yolks of 6 eggs.
Mode - Boil the milk with the salt, cinnamon, and sugar; lay the bread in a deep dish, pour over it a little of the milk, and keep it hot over a stove, without burning. Beat up the yolks of the eggs, add them to the milk, and stir it over the fire till it thickens. Do not let it curdle. Pour it upon the bread, and serve.
Time - 3/4 of an hour.
Average cost, 8d. per quart.
Seasonable all the year.
Sufficient for 10 children.
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