This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Prepare a garnish of carrots and turnips cut with a tubular cutter; French beans cut into lozenges, and green peas, all of which vegetables should be fresh and young. Cook each separately and then put into the soup-tureen.
Over this garnish pour one quart of consomme thickened with two tablespoonfuls of perles du Japon, poached and strained through linen, then serve at once.
 
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