pieces; 2 onions, 2 carrots, 2 oz. of rice, 1 pint of split peas, pepper
and salt to taste, 4 quarts of water.
_Mode_.--Cut the meat and vegetables in slices, add to them the rice and
peas, season with pepper and salt. Put the whole in a jar, fill up with
the water, cover very closely, and bake for 4 hours.
_Time_.--4 hours. _Average cost_, 2-1/2d. per quart.
_Seasonable_ at any time.
_Sufficient_ for 10 or 12 persons.
_Note_.--This will be found a very cheap and wholesome soup, and will be
convenient in those cases where baking is more easily performed than
boiling.
BARLEY SOUP.