Soups without Meat
Lentil Soup (After soaking a pint)
After soaking a pint of lentils in cold water for three or four hours, put them in a saucepan with 1 carrot, 1 onion, 2 ounces of salt pork…
Cranberry Soup
Boil 2 quarts of cranberries in a quart of water until the skins crack, then rub through a fine sieve, dilute with boiling water, and…
Frijole Soup
Frijoles are small red beans, highly esteemed by the Mexicans, and much used in California and the Southwest. The red beans to be found in…
Meagre Soup
This soup should be of the thickness of ordinary pea soup. Remove the withered leaves from 2 large lettuces, take 5 or 6 handfuls of…
Lentil Soup (Pick over and wash a cupful)
Pick over and wash a cupful of lentils. After soaking them for three hours, put on the stove to cook in 1 quart of boiling water. Cook…
Squash Soup
One cupful of cold boiled squash run through a colander; beat into this 1 teaspoonful each of salt and of sugar, a little pepper and a…
Rice and Tomato Soup
Boil to a pulp, in a quart of salted water, a dozen ripe tomatoes which have been peeled and cut up. Strain, place on the stove again, and…
Egg Soup
Heat a quart of milk in a double boiler into which has been stirred a minced onion and a pinch of soda. Rub a tablespoonful each of butter…
Sago Soup without Meat
Wash a teacupful of sago and then boil for an hour in a quart of water, with a pinch of salt and a little cinnamon or lemon rind. At the…