Calf's Head Soup

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791

Source: The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a bunch of sweet herbs
an onion stuck with cloves ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
five or fix blades of mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
some pearl barley ↝ Barley, pearled, raw [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
some stewed celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (4)

Wash the head as clean as possible, which you will the more easily do by stewing a little salt on it to take out the slime.
After it is thoroughly cleaned, put it into your stew-pan, with a proper quantity of water, and throw in a bunch of sweet herbs, an onion stuck with cloves, five or fix blades of mace, and some pearl barley.
When it has stewed till it is tender, put in some stewed celery.
Season it with pepper, pour the soup into your dish, place the head in the middle, and serve it to table.

Original Text

Calf's Head Soup.
WASH the head as clean as possible, which you will the more easily do by stewing a little salt on it to take out the slime. After it is thoroughly cleaned, put it into your stew-pan, with a proper quantity of water, and throw in a bunch of sweet herbs, an onion stuck with cloves, five or fix blades of mace, and some pearl barley. When it has stewed till it is tender, put in some stewed celery. Season it with pepper, pour the soup into your dish, place the head in the middle, and serve it to table.

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