Economical Pot Liquor Soup

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852
Source
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Time
Cook: 20 min Total: 20 min
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (5)
Soup base
Thickener and seasoning
Instructions (10)
  1. Save the liquor in which the beef has been boiled.
  2. The next day, carefully remove the set grease from the top of the broth into a fat pot. This grease can be used for pie-crust, frying potatoes, or remains of vegetables, onions, or fish.
  3. Taste the liquor. If it is too salt, add some water to lessen its saltness and render it palatable.
  4. Place the pot containing the liquor on the fire to boil.
  5. When scum rises to the surface, remove it with a spoon.
  6. While the broth is boiling, put as many piled-up tablespoonfuls of oatmeal as you have pints of liquor into a basin.
  7. Mix the oatmeal with cold water into a smooth liquid batter.
  8. Stir the oatmeal batter into the boiling soup.
  9. Season with some pepper and a good pinch of allspice.
  10. Continue stirring the soup on the fire for about twenty minutes.
Original Text
No. 3. Economical Pot Liquor Soup. A thrifty housewife will not require that I should tell her to save the liquor in which the beef has been boiled; I will therefore take it for granted that the next day she carefully removes the grease, which will have become set firm on the top of the broth, into her fat pot; this must be kept to make a pie-crust, or to fry potatoes, or any remains of vegetables, onions, or fish. The liquor must be tasted, and if it is found to be too salt, some water must be added to lessen its saltness, and render it palatable. The pot containing the liquor must then be placed on the fire to boil, and when the scum rises to the surface it should be removed with a spoon. While the broth is boiling, put as many piled-up table-spoonfuls of oatmeal as you have pints of liquor into a basin; mix this with cold water into a smooth liquid batter, and then stir it into the boiling soup; season with some pepper and a good pinch of allspice, and continue stirring the soup with a stick or spoon on the fire for about twenty minutes; you will then be able to serve out a plentiful and nourishing meal to a large family at a cost of not more than the price of the oatmeal.
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