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Henry Wadsworth Longfellows Favorite Soup Recipe


Henry Wadsworth Longfellows Favorite Soup Recipe
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From Early American Cooking, This 19th century American poet kept a happy home and bountiful board for friends and acquaintances, thanks in large part to his beloved wife Fanny. She made this soup for him as a great favorite, recording its instructio... More

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Ingredients
  • 6 large carrots
  • 6 large onions
  • 4 large turnips
  • 4 beets or more
  • 3 stalks of celery.
  • Beef broth made day before and refrigerated

Directions
  1. "Put into the pot a piece of butter, a piece of sugar as large as half an egg; they must not be allowed to discolor [burn] by remaining on the fire. When they begin to color they should be met with the soup [beef stock] made the day before; they must then be strained [pureed] through a sieve. Do not suffer the soup to be too thick. Salt at discretion."

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I love the way things were measured then. Today we'd be wanting to know...smallegg?....large egg???

Love it!


JM, great post! You know I'll have to add Garlic to it... :) This soup would be great for a light lunch. I wonder how it would taste made with chicken stock? Sorry, I just love recipes that you can play with. Take care and Thanks again, Renee


Everything old is new again. I wanted a way to use beets, now not only can I use them but turnips too. great.


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