Cheap soup suitable for a soup kitchen
From Mrs. Beeton’s All About Cookery
(Current Edition)
Benevolent Soup
Cheap soup suitable for a soup kitchen.
Ingredients: ½ an ox-cheek, 4 celery tops, 2 large carrots, 4 large onions, 2 large turnips, 1 cabbage, salt and pepper, a bunch of herbs, 10 quarts of cold water, 1½ pints of dried peas or lentils.
Time: About 6 or 7 hours. Sufficient for 12 quarts of soup.