Broths
Chicken Broth (Good-sized chicken small onion)
1 good-sized chicken; 1 small onion; 2 tablespoonfuls rice; 1 quart water; 2 tablespoonfuls rich cream; 1 teaspoonful salt; 1/2…
Mutton Broth (Pound lean juicy mutton small)
1 pound lean, juicy mutton; 1 small onion; 1 quart water; 2 tablespoonfuls rice; 1 teaspoonful salt; 1/2 saltspoon pepper. A little cayenne…
Scotch Mutton Broth
Soak 6 pounds mutton in water for an hour, then place in stewpan with three quarts of water. As soon as it boils skim well, and then simmer…
Chicken Gumbo
1 chicken or old fowl; 2 slices breakfast bacon; 1 large onion; 1 pint okra, cut small; 1 cup green corn; 1 green pepper; 1 can or 1 quart…
Chicken Gumbo with Oysters
Strain the liquor from one quart of oysters, scald and skim it, and add to the soup with the vegetables. Pick the oysters over and rinse…
Oyster Gumbo
Put a Spanish onion in 4 tablespoonfuls olive oil, and cook till tender and slightly brown. Add 1 tablespoonful flour, 1 sweet chili peeled…
Gumbo Filee Soup
Wash and slice a quart of okra, cook in a pint of water till tender; while cooking prepare a fowl as for fricassee, and chop 1/4 pound lean…
Irish Soup, or Balnamoon Skink
Put a couple of fowls into a pot, and boil until their juices are thoroughly extracted and the broth is rich and good. One of the fowls may…
Kale Brose
Take an ox-heel, clean it thoroughly, and pour over it 5 pints of cold water; boil for four hours, removing the scum that rises to the top…