Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1911 — Vegetable Soup. [ARTICLE]

Vegetable Soup.

One cabbage, one turnip, two onions, two carrots, two potatoes, a little parsley, pepper, salt, two quarts of watef' the cornbeef was boiled in, a slice of bread; fry one of the onions sliced in a little oil at the bottom of the kettle or large saucepan; when it is brown add the water, the bread toasted, the vegetables cut up in small pieces and seasoning; boil three or four hours, then mash the soup through a colander or in the saucepan with a wooden spoon and boil together ten minutes; if too thick add more water and boil for ten minutes; if it js thin boil fast with the lid off the pan until thick enough; sufficient for six.