94. French Herb Broth

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (6)

a quart of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
about forty leaves of sorrel ↝ Chard, raw [Other dark green vegetables]
a cabbage-lettuce ↝ Lettuce, raw [Lettuce and lettuce salads]
ten sprigs of chervil ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
a teaspoonful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
half an ounce of fresh butter ↝ Asparagus, fresh, cooked with butter or margarine [Other vegetables and combinations]

Instructions (7)

Put a quart of water to boil.
Prepare about forty leaves of sorrel, a cabbage-lettuce, and ten sprigs of chervil, the whole well washed.
When the water is boiling, throw in the prepared herbs, with the addition of a teaspoonful of salt and half an ounce of fresh butter.
Cover your saucepan close, and let them simmer a few minutes.
Pass the broth through a sieve or colander.
This is to be drunk cold, especially in the spring of the year, after the change from winter.
If for sick people, it must be made less strong of herbs, and taken a little warm.

Original Text

94. French Herb Broth.—This is a very favorite beverage in France, as well with people in a state of health as with invalids, especially in the spring, when the herbs are young and green. Put a quart of water to boil, but have previously prepared about forty leaves of sorrel, a cabbage-lettuce, and ten sprigs of chervil, the whole well washed; when the water is boiling, throw in the above, with the addition of a teaspoonful of salt and half an ounce of fresh butter; cover your saucepan close, and let them simmer a few minutes, then pass it through a sieve or colander. This is to be drunk cold, especially in the spring of the year, after the change from winter. I generally drink about a quart per day for a week, at that time; but if for sick people, it must be made less strong of herbs, and taken a little warm. To prove that it is wholesome, we have only to refer to the instinct which teaches dogs to eat grass at that season of the year. I do not pretend to say that it would suit persons in every malady, because the doctors are to decide upon the food and beverage of their patients, and study its changes as well as change their medicines.

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