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To Make Mock Turtle Soup - Mrs Goldsmith
Scald a calfs head then boil it until it is tender, & cut into small square peices, Boil down a leg or shin of Beef into strong gravey, & add a carrot and turnip & 3 onions with some allspice and whole pepper stew these in your gravey untill it is quite done put a lb of Butter into a stewpan with a carrot and turnip, & three onions all cut small with a little winter savoury sweet Basil marjoram and Parsley, a 1/4 of a lb of Ham cut small, stew all together over a slow fire stirring it often with a wooden spoon untill it is of a light brown colour, then shake in three quarters of a pd of flour, afterwards put in your gravey stirring it all the time, Boil it half an hour, then strain it through a Hair seive & put in the Head forcemeat & Egg balls beaten mace, ground white pepper with lemon juice all to your taste white wine in proportion to the quantity of soup three spoonfuls of ketchup, & one of [loq?] Boil all for one hour, skim it grate a little nutmeg into it, then season with salt & serve it up.

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To Make Mock Turtle Soup - Mrs Goldsmith Scald a calfs head then boil it until it is tender, & cut into small square peices, Boil down a leg or shin of Beef into strong gravey, & add a carrot and turnip & 3 onions with some allspice and whole pepper stew these in your gravey untill it is quite done put a lb of Butter into a stewpan with a carrot and turnip, & three onions all cut small with a little winter savoury sweet Basil marjoram and Parsley, a 1/4 of a lb of Ham cut small, stew all together over a slow fire stirring it often with a wooden spoon untill it is of a light brown colour, then shake in three quarters of a pd of flour, afterwards put in your gravey stirring it all the time, Boil it half an hour, then strain it through a Hair seive & put in the Head forcemeat & Egg balls beaten mace, ground white pepper with lemon juice all to your taste white wine in proportion to the quantity of soup three spoonfuls of ketchup, & one of [loq?] Boil all for one hour, skim it grate a little nutmeg into it, then season with salt & serve it up.