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Spinach Soup
Farmer’s concise method for Spinach Soup, transcribed from the public-domain 1910 cookbook.
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What you’ll need
Ingredients
- 4 cups White Stock II or III
- 2 quarts spinach
- 3 cups boiling water
- 2 cups milk
- ¼ cup butter
- ⅓ cup flour
- Salt
- Pepper
Make it happen
Directions
- 1
Wash, pick over, and cook spinach thirty minutes in boiling water to which has been added one-fourth teaspoon powdered sugar and one-eighth teaspoon of soda; drain, chop, and rub through sieve; add stock, heat to boiling-point, bind, add milk, and season with salt and pepper.
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