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the soup is half done, add a pint of peeled tomatoes for each gallon of soup, and in an hour more half a pint of young okra sliced. Half an hour before it is served, add a quarter of a pound of sliced potatoes, and the same of green corn grated from the cob. The season of the year and the opportunities for getting vegetables will readily suggest substitutes. If okra or tomatoes cannot be had, thicken with a little flour and rice. If onions are liked, flavor with them, but lightly, and also with salt and pepper.

II. Clear Beef Soup.

ONLY the flesh of young animals should be used for soup. The flesh of very old animals will not make really good soup. Take four pounds of lean beef and a knuckle of veal; put into a suitable quantity of water; when it has been skimmed [226]