Chop up a shin of beef of twelve pounds, using a tnackine if practicable; put it in a large soup kettle with two sound, well-scraped, good-sized carrots, two peeled, sound onions, three well-washed and pared leeks, a few branches of celery, and one bunch of parsley roots, all well-scraped, washed, and shred, six cloves, eighteen whole peppers, a bay-leaf, and the whites of six raw eggs, including their shells. Mix all well together, and then moisten with two gallons of cold white broth (No. 99), one quart of cold water (all this should be done before the soup-kettle has been placed on the hot range). Stir thoroughly for two or three minutes without ceasing; and then place it on the hot range, add some debris of chicken if any at hand. Boil slowly for about four hours, skim the grease off thoroughly, and then strain through a wet cloth into a china bowl or stone jar, and put away in a cool place for general use. Should the white broth that you employ be hot, replace the cold water by a piece of ice well cracked, and the equivalent of a quart of water, adding it to the consomme very gradually at the beginning, but continually increasing, and stirring till all added. (Always taste if sufficiently seasoned before serving).