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Black Bean Soup

Soak over night one quart of black turtle beans in water to cover
them. In the morning strain and boil them in four quarts of water
for one hour, skimming frequently. Then put into the liquor two white
onions sliced, two stalks of celery cut into bits, salt, pepper,
cayenne, and one teaspoonful each of cloves and allspice. Boil for
three hours. Remove from the stove and add enough stock to thin the
mixture to the consistency of a cream soup. Pour into it nearly a
tumbler of sherry and add a thinly sliced lime. Place over the fire
to boil for five minutes. Just before serving stir into the soup three
hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped. Force meat balls may be added.

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Parker House Tomato Soup

Put into a saucepan five pounds of tomatoes, either fresh or canned,
with one quart of water, salt, pepper, cayenne, one and one-half
tablespoonfuls of sugar, and three ounces of butter, rubbed into one
heaping tablespoonful of flour. Cook slowly one hour. Remove from the
fire and rub through a sieve. Place over the fire again and add one
and one-half tablespoonfuls of rice flour which has been dissolved in
a little water. Let it come to a boil, when it is ready to serve.

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Celery Soup

Boil one small cupful of rice in three pints of milk, or two pints of
milk and one of cream, until it is tender. Then rub it through a sieve
and add one quart of veal stock, salt, cayenne, and three heads of
celery (the white stalks only) which have been previously grated. Boil
until the celery is tender.

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Bisque of Prawns or Shrimps

Boil three dozen prawns twenty minutes in salted water to cover them.
Meanwhile in two small tablespoonfuls of butter, fry an onion and a
carrot sliced, and a small piece of salt pork chopped. Take the prawns
out of the boiling water and add to it the fried mixture with salt,
pepper, a bunch of sweet herbs and one-half the prawns added again.
Simmer one hour. Pound the shells of the prawns in a mortar with a
little butter, to form a smooth paste. Stir this into the soup and
boil twenty minutes. Strain through a sieve. Add one quart of milk and
one teaspoonful of cornstarch stirred into a little of the cold milk.
Let it boil up, and serve. It should be as thick as rich cream.

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Lobster Soup

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