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SKATE SOUP (a maigre soup)

Take four pounds of skate, and boil it in four quarts of water till the water is reduced one-half; then add six onions, some turnips, celery, carrots, sweet herbs, and parsley. When boiled enough, strain, and thicken with butter rolled in flour. Fry the inside of a roll, chop up some of the fish with a little parsley and butter, and add these to the soup before serving. Two or three anchovies, some anchovy sauce, or a red herring may be boiled in this soup without destroying its maigre character.