Creole Soup
Use one pound of beef, it must be the hock of the beef or a marrow bone, with the meat (for eight persons); place this on the fire, with three quarts of water, a tablespoonful of salt, and red pepper to taste. Let this boil hard for four hours; after it has boiled well, add one small leaf of tender cabbage, chopped fine, a carrot cut in small pieces, some onion tops, a large roasted onion, a teacupful of tomatoes; let this boil for an hour more, then set back of the stove to simmer; add a teacupful of vermicelli or a tablespoonful of rice, let boil until done.