Ingredients. - Quarter of a stick of German pea-soup sausage. Three pints of water.

Time required, about a quarter of an hour.

To make Pea Soup from the German pea-soup sausage:

1. Put three pints of warm water into a saucepan, and put it on the fire to boil.

2. Take a quarter of a stick of German pea-soup sausage and scrape it into a basin.

3. Add to it a very little warm water, let it soak, and then mix it into a smooth paste.

N. B. - Be very careful that there are no lumps in the paste.

4. "When the water in the saucepan is quite boiling, stir the paste in smoothly.

5. It is now ready for use, and should be poured into a hot soup-tureen.

N. B. - If the soup is preferred thinner, more water might be added.

N. B. - A dessertspoonful of chopped mint might be added to the soup, if the flavor is liked.