AUSTRALIAN VEGETABLE SOUP
2 lbs. Mixed Vegetables—4d.
2 oz. Butter—2d.
1/4 lb Haricot Beans—1d.
Peppercorns, Salt, and Sugar
4 quarts of Water—1/2d.
Total Cost—7 1/2 d.
Time—One Hour and a Half.
Take any vegetables that may be in season, such as carrots, turnips, leeks, onions, and celery, and slice them up; put them into a saucepan with the haricot beans and the butter, and turn them all about till the butter is all absorbed; sprinkle over them a teaspoonful each of salt and sugar, add the peppercorns and the water, and boil until the vegetables are very soft.
Rub them through a sieve, return to the saucepan and make thoroughly hot, and it is ready to serve.
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