Peas Soup for Lent

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

three pints of blue boiling peas
five quarts of soft cold water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
three anchovies
three red herrings ↝ Fish, herring, Atlantic, raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
two large onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a clove ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a carrot ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a parsnep sliced in
a bunch of sweet herbs

Instructions (2)

Put three pints of blue boiling peas into five quarts of soft cold water, three anchovies, three red herrings, and two large onions, stick in a clove at each end, a carrot and a parsnep sliced in, with a bunch of sweet herbs.
Boil them.

Original Text

To make a PEAS Soup for Lent.
PUT three pints of blue boiling peas into
five quarts of soft cold water, three anchovies,
three red herrings, and two large onions, stick
in a clove at each end, a carrot and a parsnep
sliced in, with a bunch of sweet herbs, boil
them

Notes

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