This section is from the book "Tested Recipes for the Modern Hostess", by Daisy Wilson Barnet. Also available from Amazon: Tested Recipes for the Modern Hostess.
1/2 cup each of carrots, turnips, onions, beets and celery. 1 pt. soup stock. Salt and pepper. 2 tablespoonfuls butter. 6 string beans. 1 cup peas.
Cut the string beans into tiny rings, crosswise, and the other vegetables into even dice. Fry the onion and carrot in the butter, add them to the other vegetables, cover with boiling water and cook until tender. Add soup stock (not draining off the water the vegetables were cooked in), peas and seasoning. Cook i1 minutes and serve.
 
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