The Twentieth Century Home Cook Book

Practical recipes and household wisdom from 1906 — when the icebox was high technology and dinner had nine courses.

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Eggs. Xxii. Steamed Dishes

SOUP OR STEW POT AND LID.
SOUP OR STEW POT AND LID.

I. Vegetable Soup.

THIS is the soup most commonly made in the United States; it is excellent with the family dinner. Take a beef shank, crush the bone and put into cold water. Bring it to a boil and skim. Cook four hours, so that when done there shall be about two quarts of soup to each three or four pounds of meat. If turnips and carrots are used, put them in sliced as soon as the liquid is first skimmed. When

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