Excerpt from Reliable Cook Book: Tried and Approved Recipes of Mrs. Chas Soup Stock, No. 1. Beefs' Liver, size of teacup, Beef and Bones, 5 pounds, Shin Bone of Veal, 2 pounds, Old Chicken, 1, Butter, 2 tablespoons, Salt, 1 tablespoon, Carrots, 1 cup, Turnip, 1 Celery, 1/2 Bay leaves, 4, Cloves, 6, Pepper, 1/2 teaspoon. Have the butcher break the bones; put them in soup kettle and add eugh clear water to cover; stew on back part of range and as scum rises, skim it off; then cover and let boil slowly, just bubbling at one side for 3 hours; place butter in frying pan and let melt; add turnip, onion, carrots and celery, all sliced, put on the cover and let cook 15 minutes; remove cover and stir until a light brown; turn into a stew kettle and add all the other seasoning; cook slowly 2 hours longer; if the water cooks out too much, add a little more; remove and strain through a sieve; pour a little water over the meats to rinse off all the good there is; set by until morning; there should be 5 or 6 quarts; skim off all the fat for drippings; keep in a cool place, this is the basis of all meat soups. Take out a portion according to the number to be served. This makes a nice rich soup stock. If too rich, add hot water until the required strength is obtained. Then put in anything that you wish, odles, soup balls, rice, barley, macaroni or vegetables. These should be previously cooked in stew pan in clear water. (Cooking the soup long eugh to cook the vegetables spoils the flavor.) Then add to the soup or serve it plain with croutons in each dish when served. If a plainer soup is desired and one that will keep longer, omit the vegetables but use the other seasoning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works