Click HERE to register your comments......or improve the recipe.

Or do you want to take another look at the homepage MENU?

Or do you want to SEARCH for something specific?


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Favorite Soup

(Fanny's Vegetable Soup)

This 19th century American poet kept a happy home and bountiful board for friends and acquaintances, thanks in large part to his beloved wife Fanny. She made this soup for him as a great favorite, recording its instructions in her own hand. Serve hot to 6-8 people as a first course.
"Put into the pot a piece of butter, a piece of sugar as large as half an egg; they must not be allowed to discolor [burn] by remaining on the fire. When they begin to color they should be met with the soup [beef stock] made the day before; they must then be strained [pureed] through a sieve. Do not suffer the soup to be too thick. Salt at discretion."
From Early American Cooking, 1985