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French Cabbage Broth

From The invalid's own book (1856).

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A historical recipe

The invalid's own book, by Cust, Mary Anne Boode, Lady, d. (1856).

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a gallon of water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Boil two pounds and a half of bacon in a gallon of water.
  2. Add a turnip, two or three carrots, two or three onions, a little celery, and sweet herbs.
  3. Cut the vegetables into long pieces.
  4. Stew it all together slowly some hours, when add seasoning, and a sn.aU quantity of brown sugar.
  5. The broth may be coloured with it: if allowed, pour it upon toasted bread.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
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Credit

From The invalid's own book (1856), printed page 67, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/b20392618

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.