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The Toronto Cook Book

1915

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Presented as published in 1915. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Break the bones left from roast fowl or game, pack them in a kettle and cover with cold water. Add a teaspoon of salt and let simmer till the bones are clean. Strain, when cold remove the fat; heat and thicken with flour, using one heaping tablespoon to a quart of liquidTurkey or Chicken Soup. Season to taste. Bouillon Four pounds beef, from middle of the round, two pounds bone, two quarts cold water, salt, pepper, mixed herbs. Cut meat and bones in small pieces ; put in a kettle with the water and simmer five hours. Keep at least three pints of liquor on the meat, strain, remove the fat and if more seasoning is desired, add a little celery salt, a tablespoon of lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. To clear, take the white of one eggBouillon and the shell broken to bits. Strain through a sieve and a napkin wet in hot water. Serve in cups. 202 The Toronto Cook Book Vegetable Soup (From Stock) One gallon stock, four pounds mixed vegetables, salt and pepperVegetable Soup (From Stock). Prepare the vegetables as directed in "Remarks on Soup"; put them into a pot of boiling water slightly salted, and just enough to cover them, and boil until cooked. About 12 minutes before the vegetables are cooked, put on the stock and bring it to a boil, then stir in the cooked vegetables, and in order that they may not stick to the bottom, keep stirring the soup until it boils up; season lightly and serve. If rice is also used with vegetables, pick and wash it, then drain and put into a separate pot with boiling water, enough to cover it, with a teaspoon of salt. Boil it twenty-five minutes, or until cooked; stir it and the vegetables, with the waters in which they were boiled, into the stock. Rice Soup (From Stock) Two quarts stock, quarter pound rice, pepper and salt. Prepare the rice as directed in the "Remarks on Soup"; put it into a pot of boiling water, enough to cover it weil, add two teaspoons of saltRice Soup (From Stock). Boil gently for thirty minutes or until cooked. Stir the cooked rice, with the water it was boiled in, into the pot of stock, previously heated, and stir the whole until it comes to a boil; season lightly and serve. Dried Bean Soup (From Stock) Two pints dried beans, half pound bacon, one quart stock, one gallon boiling water, salt and pepperDried Bean Soup (From Stock) to taste. Wash the beans and soak them over night. In the morning drain the water off, and cover them again with boiling water; add the bacon and boil gently two hours or more; now add the stock. Press the beans through a sieve, return them to soup kettles, and bring to a boil ; add pepper and salt, and serve with toasted bread. Macaroni Soup (From Stock) Four ounces macaroni, one gallon stock, salt and pepperMacaroni Soup (From Stock) to taste. Break the macaroni into pieces about two inches long; put it into a stewing pan and cover with one quart of boiling water; boil it twenty minutes, drain, cut each piece in two. Melt the stock, bring to a boiling point, add the macaroni, let it simmer five minutes; add salt and pepper and serve. A plate of cheese may be served with this if desired. Soups and Broths 203 Barley Soup (From Stock) Barley Soup (From Stock)