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Gravy Soup. No. 1

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of gravy beef
• pepper
• salt
• piece of butter, the size of a walnut
• 3 quarts of boiling water
• some mace
• 4 heads of celery
• 1 carrot
• 3 or 4 onions
• 1 1/2 ounces of vermicelli

Instructions

Put the gravy beef, cut in small pieces, with pepper, salt, some whole pepper, and the butter, into a stewpan. When drawn to a good gravy, pour in the boiling water; add the mace, celery, carrot, and onions. Let them stew gently about an hour and a half; then strain; add the vermicelli, and let it stew about ten minutes longer.

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Source

The Lady's Own Cookery Book (1844).