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carrots in separate kettles; drain them, and put them once more into separate
vessels and pour over them strong chicken soup. Put 1/4 ounce sugar into each of
the kettles, let the soup boil in the vegetables and then put the carrots and
turnips together in a kettle with 1 1/2 pints soup, which bring to boiling, and
then drain. Meanwhile scald the cauliflower cuts in salt water and let them
drain; now put all the vegetables together in the soup bowl and add to them 3
quarts boiling strong soup. Serve the soup with 12 poached eggs on a platter.
Genuine turtle soup.
Cut off the head of the turtle and let the blood drain 15 hours. Take out the
inside; cut off the 4 fins and saw her in 4 parts. Boil them and the fins in
water; take up when the shells loosen, clear away all slimy parts, put her in a
kettle with a bouquet, carrots, onions, salt and pepper; skim and boil 4 hours.
Take 3 gallons of water to 10 pounds of turtle. Boil, skim and season with salt,
pepper, onion, cloves and boil 4 hours. Take 8 pounds cut up beef, 8 pounds
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