This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Cook together two ounces of barley, two carrots, and two onions sliced, with a little parsley and any other herbs that are liked, in two quarts of white stock for three hours. Now stir in carefully the yolks of two eggs and a cupful of hot milk, and press the whole through a sieve.
Before serving add a cupful of cooked green peas and a little pepper and salt.
 
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