Scotch Soup
3 lbs. mutton from fore-quarter 2 qts. cold water 1/2 tablespoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 2 slices turnip 1/2 onion 1/4 cup flour
The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.
3 lbs. mutton from fore-quarter 2 qts. cold water 1/2 tablespoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 2 slices turnip 1/2 onion 1/4 cup flour