carrots, 4 parsnips, 4 turnips, 4 potatoes, 1 cabbage, 2 oz. of oatmeal
or ground rice, seasoning of salt and pepper, 2 quarts of water.
_Mode_.--Cut up the meat small, add the water, and let it simmer for
23/4 hours. Now add the vegetables, cut in thin small slices; season,
and boil for 1 hour. Thicken with the oatmeal, and serve.
_Time_.--2 hours. _Average cost_, 3d. per quart without the meat.
_Seasonable_ in winter.
_Sufficient_ for 6 persons.
_Note_.--If rice is used instead of oatmeal, put it in with the
vegetables.
STEW SOUP.
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