Mrs Beetons Soups Revisited
Pan Kail
2.25lt (4 pints) Water
900g (2lb) Cabbage or Savoy Greens
110g (4oz) Butter or Dripping
Oatmeal, to thicken
Salt and Pepper, to taste
Chop the cabbage very finely.
Thicken the water with oatmeal, add the cabbage and butter or dripping.
Season and simmer for 1½ hour.
It can be made sooner by blanching and mashing the greens, adding any good liquor that a joint has been boiled in and then further thicken with bread or pounded biscuit.
Time: 1½ hour.
Sufficient for 8 persons.
Seasonable all the year, but more suitable in winter.
PAN KAIL
140. INGREDIENTS - 2 lbs. of cabbage, or Savoy greens; 1/4 lb. of butter or dripping, salt and pepper to taste, oatmeal for thickening, 2 quarts of water.
Mode - Chop the cabbage very fine, thicken the water with oatmeal, put in the cabbage and butter, or dripping; season and simmer for 1-1/2 hour. It can be made sooner by blanching and mashing the greens, adding any good liquor that a joint has been boiled in, and then further thicken with bread or pounded biscuit.
Time - 1-1/2 hour.
Average cost, 1-1/2d. per quart.
Seasonable all the year, but more suitable in winter.
Sufficient for 8 persons.
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