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hours, put in the beets and then 1/2 hour later the cabbage; celery root, small
carrots, and green leek must not be forgotten. After all is thoroughly well
cooked add 1/2 pint of your cream into which a heaping tablespoouful of flour
has been stirred, and when the cooking is done, stir the yolk of an egg into the
soup and serve with small sausages.
38. Potato Soup. Put the bones of fresh or roast meats on the fire, together
with meat remnants of fresh meat, adding the proper amount of salt, skim, put in
onions, leek and a celery root, and cook slowly for 1 1/2 hours. In the meantime
cook the potatoes in a separate kettle until they are almost soft, add them to
the soup and after the cooking is well done, strain. Stir a finely chopped bunch
of parsley or else grated nutmeg into the soup, then serve with bits of toasted
bread.
Potato soup can also be made without meats, using water only, but in this case
it must have plenty of vegetables, and also some flour browned in butter and a
teaspoonful of extract of beef must be cooked with it.
39. A very fine Potato Soup. Fry 2 platefuls of sliced raw potatoes with a
chopped onion in 2 even tablespoonfuls of butter to a light brown color until
nearly done, throw them without the butter into 3 quarts of boiling water, in
which some soup vegetables have been cooked for 15 minutes previously, add
sufficient salt and cook the soup for 1/2 hour; then pass through a sieve, and
in the fat which remains from frying the potatoes brown 1 tablespoonful of
flour, add this to the soup, strengthen with a small teaspoonful of extract of
beef and 2 tablespoonfuls of claret, let it come to a boil: and then serve with
toasted bits of bread.
40. Oatmeal Soup with Potatoes. Soak the oatmeal in water, about 1 heaping
teaspoonful for each person, and then cook in water with the addition of some
good fat (broth from cooked smoked meats or ham mixed with water is excellently
adapted for the purpose), kohlrabi, celery, parsley and green leek, or if these
are not obtainable, take a few finely chopped onions, add nicely washed potatoes
and the necessary
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