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Soak three fourths of a pint of dried Scotch peas over night in a quart of water.
In the morning put to cook in boiling water, cover closely and let them simmer gently four or five hours, or until the peas are very tender and well disintegrated; then rub through a colander to remove the […]

We need:
1 quart tomatoes
1/4 teaspoon soda
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 quart milk
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Stew tomatoes slowly one-half hour; rub through strainer; heat and add soda. In the meantime, melt butter and stir in flour; add milk slowly, cooking over low fire until thick; add seasoning.
Take from fire and stir in hot tomatoes […]

2 tablespoonfuls of tinned tomatoes, or 1 fair-sized fresh one,
1 small finely chopped and fried onion,
a teaspoonful of vermicelli,
pepper and salt to taste,
1/2 pint of water.
Boil the tomatoes with the onion and water for 5 to 10 minutes, then drain all the liquid; return to the saucepan, season and sprinkle in the vermicelli, let […]

Here are two clear celery soup recipes.
Here is the first. The ingredients we need are:
1 large head of celery or 2 small ones,
1 large Spanish onion,
2 oz. of butter,
pepper and salt to taste, and
1 blade of mace.
Chop the onion and fry it brown in the butter or Allinson vege-butter in the saucepan in which […]

Ingredients needed are:
1 large Spanish onion,
1 teaspoonful of mixed herbs,
1/2 head of celery,
1-1/2 oz. butter,
1 carrot,
1 turnip, and
pepper and salt to taste.
Chop the onion up fine, and fry it brown in the butter, in the saucepan in which the soup is to be made, and add 5 pints of water. Prepare and cut […]

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1 breakfast cupful of fresh wheat,
1 quart of water,
1/2 pint of milk,
1/2 oz. of butter,
1/2 oz. of finely chopped parsley,
1 oz. of eschalots,
Seasoning to taste.
Steep the wheat over night in the water and boil it in the same water for 3 hours, add the butter, the eschalots, chopped up very fine, and pepper and […]

We need:
2 coconuts grated,
2 blades of mace,
1 salt spoonful of cinnamon,
3 pints of water,
The juice of a lemon, 2 eggs,
1 oz. of Allinson fine wheatmeal,
Pepper and salt to taste.
Boil the coconut in the water, adding the mace, cinnamon, and seasoning. Let it cook gently for an hour; strain the mixture through a sieve and […]

Here are two simple, but delicious cauliflower soup recipes
CAULIFLOWER SOUP - 1
We need:
1 medium-sized cauliflower,
1-1/2 pints of milk,
1 oz. of butter,
2 oz. of Allinson fine wheatmeal,
Pepper and salt to taste,
A little nutmeg, and
The juice of a lemon.
Prepare the cauliflower by washing and breaking it into pieces, keeping the flowers whole, and boil in 1-1/2 […]

Here are 3 carrot soup recipes
CARROT SOUP -1.
4 good-sized carrots,
1 small head of celery,
1 fair-sized onion,
1 turnip,
3 oz. of breadcrumbs,
1-1/2 oz. of butter,
1 blade of mace,
pepper and salt to taste
Scrape and wash the vegetables, and cut them up small; set them over the fire with 3 pints of water, the butter, bread, and mace. […]

Here are two simple cabbage soup recipes:
CABBAGE SOUP 1
1 fair-sized cabbage, a large Spanish onion, 1-1/2 oz. of butter, pepper and salt to taste, 1/2 salt spoonful of nutmeg, 1-1/2 pints of milk, 2 tablespoonfuls of Allinson fine wheat meal.
After preparing and washing the cabbage, shred up very fine, chop up the onion, set […]

2 oz. of butter beans soaked overnight in 1 pint of water, 1/2 small onion cut up small, 2 oz. carrot, 2 oz. celery, 1/2 oz. butter.
Cook all the vegetables until tender, adding water as it boils away. When all is tender, rub the vegetables through a sieve, return to the saucepan, season with […]

Two simple bread soup recipes.
For the first we need:
1/2 lb. of stale crusts of Allinson wholemeal bread,
4 onions,
2 turnips,
1 stick of celery,
1 oz. of butter,
1/2 oz. of finely chopped parsley,
8 pints of water,
1/2 pint of milk.
Soak the crusts in the water for 2 hours before they are put over the fire. Cut up into […]

8 oz. of pearl barley, 2 onions, 4 potatoes, 1/2 a teaspoonful of thyme, 1 dessertspoonful of finely chopped parsley, 3-1/2 pints of water, 1/2 pint of milk, 1 oz. of butter.
Pick and wash the barley, chop up the onions, slice the potatoes. Boil the whole gently for 4 hours with the water, adding […]

Here are two black bean soup recipes.
The first one.
Soak a pint (0.5 quart) of black beans over night in cold water. When ready to cook, put into two and one half quarts of fresh water, which should be boiling, and simmer until completely dissolved, adding more boiling water from time to time if needed.
There […]

This one is very simple, but very delicious.
Take one pint of boiled or a little less of mashed beans, one pint of stewed tomatoes, and rub together through a colander.
Add salt, a cup of thin cream, one half a cup of nicely steamed rice, and sufficient boiling water to make a soup of the […]

Soak a half pint of dry white beans over night; in the morning drain and put to cook in boiling water. When tender, rub through a colander.
Prepare sliced potato sufficient to make one quart, cook in as small a quantity of water as possible, rub through a colander, and add to the beans.
Add […]

One of the questions I often get on this is what is Hominy? Hominy or nixtamal is dried maize (corn) kernels which have been treated with an alkali of some kind.
You can find more about Hominy here.
Now for the recipe.
Soak separately in cold water over night a cupful each of dry beans and hominy. […]

Cold boiled or stewed corn and cold baked beans form the basis of this soup.
Take one pint of each, rub through a colander, add a slice of onion, three cups of boiling water or milk, and boil for ten minutes. Turn through the colander a second time to remove the onion and any lumps […]

Soak a half pint of white beans over night. In the morning turn off the water, and place them in an earthen dish with two or two and one half quarts of boiling water; cover and let them simmer in a moderate oven four or five hours.
Also soak over night a tablespoonful of pearl […]