ck the meat from a five pound lobster and pound it in a mortar,
adding from time to time a little milk or cream. When perfectly
smooth, add two teaspoonfuls of salt, one tablespoonful of chopped
parsley (if liked), cayenne and mace. Take out enough to make a dozen
small balls, mix this with the yolk of an egg and fry it in butter.
Mix the rest of the pounded lobster with two quarts of milk and rub
through a sieve. Put this in a saucepan and simmer ten minutes. Add
two ounces of butter and stir until melted and smooth. Pour over the
fried balls in the tureen and serve very hot.

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Venison Soup

Cut six pounds of lean venison into medium sized pieces and place in
a soup kettle with two gallons of cold water, to which add two dozen
cloves and four blades of mace. Boil slowly three hours. Then add two
pounds of venison, cut into pieces about an inch square and one dozen
force meat balls. Boil for thirty minutes. Then season with salt,
pepper, cayenne, and half a glass of lime juice, letting the soup cook
ten minutes longer. It should be served in hot bowls in each of which
is poured a half glass of port before serving. Crisp croutons may be
added.

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Puree of Venison

Cut up the remains of venison that had been roasted for a former
dinner, put a few slices of ham into a stew pan, then the venison, two
whole onions, a blade of mace, two quarts of stock, and a small piece
of a sprig of thyme, parsley, and two cloves. Set it on the stove to
simmer, two hours or more. Strain it off, and pull all the meat to
pieces. Pound it with the lean ham that was boiled with it, the crust
of two French rolls which has been soaked in consomme. Rub the whole
through a colander with a glass of claret or port and enough consomme
to bring it to the consistency of cream. Put it back on the fire in
a double boiler. Stir a little butter into it, and serve with bread
fried in dice.

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Clear Soup Stock

To four pounds of beef add six quarts of cold water and place over the
fire. Just before it boils, skim it carefully. Then add two cups of
cold water and skim again, repeating this for a third skimming. Allow
it to simmer slowly for three hours. Then add the vegetables; eight
ounces each of cut up carrots, onions and turnips, and three ounces
of celery, with salt and pepper. Simmer three hours longer. The stock
should be