203. Hodge Podge

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (8)
for the soup base
vegetables
optional addition
Instructions (9)
  1. Cut two pounds of fresh scrag of mutton into small pieces.
  2. Put the mutton into a stewpan with three quarts of cold water and a tablespoonful of salt.
  3. Set the stewpan upon the fire and bring to a boil.
  4. Place the stewpan at the corner to simmer, keeping it well skimmed.
  5. Let it simmer for an hour.
  6. Add a good-sized carrot, two turnips, two large onions cut into small dice, and six cabbage-lettuces (if in season and well washed).
  7. Let simmer until quite tender.
  8. Skim off all the fat.
  9. Serve either with the meat in the soup or separately.
Original Text
203. Hodge Podge.—Cut two pounds of fresh scrag of mutton into small pieces, which put into a stewpan, with three quarts of cold water and a tablespoonful of salt, set it upon the fire, and when boiling place it at the corner to simmer, keeping it well skimmed; let it simmer an hour, then add a good-sized carrot, two turnips, two large onions cut into small dice, and six cabbage-lettuces, if in season (the whole well washed), and let simmer until quite tender; skim off all the fat, and serve either with the meat in the soup or separately. If in season, a pint of green peas boiled in the soup is a great improvement.
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