The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Italian Soup

After a cow-heel has been used for making jelly, cut the flesh off into small pieces. Put one-half teacupful of sage into a stewpan with sufficient water to cook it, and boil until dissolved. Take a sufficient quantity of clear stock to make the soup, and place it in a saucepan over the fire until boiling. Warm the pieces of meat in the soup, put the sago at the bottom of a soup-tureen with one ounce of grated Parmesan cheese, pour the hot soup over them and serve with a plate of sippets of toast, or small croutons of bread that have been fried to a delicate brown in butter.

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