Spinach Soup. (Cream Of)

2 bunches spinach. 1 veal bone.

1 slice ham.

2 hard boiled eggs.

1 qt. milk, or cream. 1/2 tea spoon pepper.

1/2 cup butter.

1/2 tablespoon flour.

1 gal. water.

1/2 onion.

1 teaspoon salt.

Boil spinach with veal bone, ham and seasonings 3 hours; press through seive, add milk that has been boiled and thickened with flour and butter creamed. Serve with bits of toast and sliced hard boiled eggs.

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Bummer Soup

3 lbs. beef shank. 1 gal. water.

1 onion.

2 bay leaves. 6 tomatoes. 2 doz. pods okra. 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley

2 ears corn.

1 tablespoon butter beans.

2 tablespoons green peas. 10 string beans.

2 teaspoons salt. 1 pod pepper.

Boil beef with salt and onion. When it comes to a boil, add 1 cup cold water, then skim. Put in corn cut from cob; the cobs, tomatoes, peas and beans. Boil about 4 hours. Take out cobs and add sliced okra about one hour before serving.

Tomato Bisque, With Crabs

2 qts. tomatoes.

1 qt. milk.

3/4 tablespoons flour.

1 teaspoon soda.

1 teaspoon salt.

1 teaspoon sujrar.

1/2 teaspoon chopped parsley.

1/2 teaspoon chopped onion.

2 tablespoons butter.

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper.

1 teaspoon salt.

1 1/2 cups picked crabs.

Put tomatoes on to boil with onion, sugar, salt, pepper and soda. When boiled about 3/4 of an hour press through a seive, then add milk that has been boiled and thickened with butter and flour, then add crabs and parsley.

Don't let this boil after mixing.

Tomato Soup

1 qt. tomatoes.

2 qts. stock. 1 turnip.

1 bay leaf.

2 tablespoons corn starch or flour. 1 teaspoon sugar.

1/2 teaspoon soda.

1 onion.

1 qt. milk.

1 tablespoon butter.

1 teaspoon salt.

1 pod pepper.

Boil tomatoes, turnip, onion, bay leaf, pepper, sugar and soda in stock about 2 hours, press and strain through a cullender, add boiled milk thickened with flour and butter. Add to soup just before serving bits of toast.

Turkey And Celery Soup

1 turkey carcas.

1/2 stalk celery, cut fine.

1 tablespoon rice.

2 tablespoons butter.

1/2 teaspoon minced onion. 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley. 1 pt. milk. 1 gal. water.

Boil turkey with onion, salt and pepper for about 3 hours, then add rice and celery. Cook 1 hour longer, then put in milk, butter and parsley.

Turtle Soup

3 or 4 lbs. turtle.

1 doz. cloves.

1 onion.

1 tablespoon browned flour

1/2 glass sherry or claret.

1 gal. water.

1/2 teaspoon minced parsley.

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper.

3 tablespoons butter.

1/2 lemon sliced.

4 hard boiled eggs or 2 doz. turtle eggs.

Put turtle and seasonings on to boil, reserving eggs, if any; boil about 4 hours. Strain and add browned flour creamed with butter, then add turtle eggs and boil about

5 minutes. Put in tureen with sliced lemon, sliced hard boiled eggs, if used, and wine, also a little turtle cut fine.