Soup for the Poor

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Yield: 130.0 pints
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (18)

Eight pails of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
two quarts of barley ↝ Barley, pearled, raw [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
four quarts of split peas ↝ Soup, split pea [Soups, broth-based]
one bushel of potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half a bushel of turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half a bushel of carrots ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half a peck of onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
one ounce of pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
two pounds of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
an ox’s head
parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
herbs

Another recipe

five quarts of Scotch barley ↝ Barley, pearled, raw [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
one quart of Scotch oatmeal ↝ Scotch [Liquor and cocktails]
one bushel of potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a bullock’s head ↝ Head cheese [Cold cuts and cured meats]
onions, &c. ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
one pound and half of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (2)

Boil the meat and take off the first scum before the other ingredients are put in.
Boil six hours.

Original Text

Soup for the Poor.

Eight pails of water, two quarts of barley, four quarts of split peas, one bushel of potatoes, half a bushel of turnips, half a bushel of carrots, half a peck of onions, one ounce of pepper, two pounds of salt, an ox’s head, parsley, herbs, boiled six hours, produce one hundred and thirty pints. Boil the meat and take off the first scum before the other ingredients are put in.

Another.

To feed one hundred and thirty persons, take five quarts of Scotch barley, one quart of Scotch oatmeal, one bushel of potatoes, a bullock’s head, onions, &c., one pound and half of salt.

Notes

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