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Peanut Soup

From Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus, 1911

Serves 11

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • a pint and one-half nut meats
  • two quarts of water
  • three quarts of bayleaf
  • stalk of celery
  • blade of mace
  • one slice of onion
  • one cupful of cream

Method

  1. Soak nut meats overnight in water.

  2. Add bayleaf, celery, mace, and onion.

  3. Boil slowly for four to five hours, stirring frequently.

  4. Strain, return to heat, and add cream.

  5. Serve hot with croutons.

Nutrition per serving

476Calories
14 gProtein
21 gCarbs
37 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 11 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus (1911) by Rufus Estes, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PEANUT SOUP — Made like a dry pea soup. Soak a pint and one-half nut meats over night in two quarts of water. In the morning add three quarts of bayleaf, stalk of celery, blade of mace and one slice of onion. Boil slowly for four or five hours, stirring frequently to keep from burning. Rub through 14 SOUPS a sieve and return to the fire, when heated through again add one cupful of cream

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