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Fish Soup

From The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes, 1907

Serves 4

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • Head and shoulders of Cod, or a Haddock
  • 2 sticks of Celery
  • ^pt. of Milk
  • Butter, the size of an egg
  • 2 tablespoon fuls Flour
  • Pepper and Salt
  • Salt
  • A little Mace (if desired)

Method

  1. Pick the fleshy pieces from the fish and set aside.

  2. Boil the rest with cold water and vegetables for two hours, strain.

  3. Add butter, milk, pepper, and salt, thicken with flour, add fish pieces, boil for five minutes, serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes (1907) by King's College Hospital, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fish Soup. Head and shoulders of Cod, or a Haddock. 2 sticks of Celery, or 2 Carrots. ^pt. of Milk. Butter, the size of an egg. 2 tablespoon fuls Flour. Pepper and Salt. A little Mace (if desired)

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