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English cookbook, 1815

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Green peas Soup without meat. Take three pints of young green peas, put them on in a small quantity of water - give them a boil or two; - pour away the water - put the peas into a marble mortar, & pound them to a mash. Set on a saucepan, with a quarter of a pound of butter, an ounce of onion cut small - a sprig of thyme - marjoram, & Savory a bunch of parsley, & a couple of large cucumbers cut in quarters - set the pan on a moderate fire - dredge in two or three tablespoonsful of flour, & stir all carefully about till the whole is well done; - then pour in three quarts of water - let it boil up, & when you have skimmed it clear, put in the pounded peas; - stir all well together - let it again boil up, & then strain it through a hair sieve,
 
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