Broth 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: 50.0 persons
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (25)

Broth for the Poor (first recipe)

twenty pounds of the very coarse parts of beef
five pounds of whole rice ↝ Rice, black, unenriched, raw [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
thirteen gallons of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
some turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
carrots ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
leeks ↝ Leeks [Onions]
celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
thyme ↝ Thyme, fresh [Spices and Herbs]
parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
a good quantity of potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
a good handful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]

Broth for the Poor (second recipe)

Good beef, fifty pounds weight ↝ Beef, ground, raw [Ground beef]
beeves’ cheeks, and legs of beef, five
rice, thirty pounds ↝ Rice, cooked, NFS [Rice]
peas, twenty-three quarts ↝ Peas, green, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
black pepper, five ounces and a half ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
cayenne pepper, half an ounce ↝ Spices, pepper, red or cayenne [Spices and Herbs]
ground ginger, two ounces ↝ Spices, ginger, ground [Spices and Herbs]
onions, thirteen pounds ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
salt, seven pounds and a half ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
leeks ↝ Leeks [Onions]
carrots ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
dried mint ↝ Spearmint, dried [Spices and Herbs]
any other vegetable ↝ Raw vegetable, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]

Instructions (5)

Boil the meat in the water first, and skim it very well.
Then put in the rice, some turnips, carrots, leeks, celery, thyme, parsley, and a good quantity of potatoes.
Add a good handful of salt, and boil them all together till tender.

Another

Make four hundred quarts of good broth for the poor as follows:—
Add good beef, beeves’ cheeks, and legs of beef, rice, peas, black pepper, cayenne pepper, ground ginger, onions, salt, with celery, leeks, carrots, dried mint, and any other vegetable.

Original Text

Broth for the Poor.

A good wholesome broth may be made at a very reasonable rate to feed the poor in the country. The following quantities would furnish a good meal for upwards of fifty persons.

Take twenty pounds of the very coarse parts of beef, five pounds of whole rice, thirteen gallons of water; boil the meat in the water first, and skim it very well; then put in the rice, some turnips, carrots, leeks, celery, thyme, parsley, and a good quantity of potatoes; add a good handful of salt, and boil them all together till tender.

Another.

Four hundred quarts of good broth for the poor may be made as follows:—Good beef, fifty pounds weight; beeves’ cheeks, and legs of beef, five; rice, thirty pounds; peas, twenty-three quarts; black pepper, five ounces and a half; cayenne pepper, half an ounce; ground ginger, two ounces; onions, thirteen pounds; salt, seven pounds and a half; with celery, leeks, carrots, dried mint, and any other vegetable.

Notes

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