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Salmon Force-meat, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Salmon Force-meat

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring milk, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Red snapper soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Red snapper soup

Marion Harland’s original method for Red snapper soup, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

A good green pea soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

A good green pea soup

A page-cited historical lunch recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Corn and tomato soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 2

Corn and tomato soup

Corn and tomato soup, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including heat two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan, put into it two fine-cut onions, on.

A white fowl soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

A white fowl soup

A white fowl soup, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including into the soup-kettle, allowing a quart of water for every pound.

Pea Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Pea Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring marrowfat peas, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Rice and tomato soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Rice and tomato soup

Rice and tomato soup, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including peel and cut up a dozen ripe tomatoes and boil to a pulp in a quart of salted water.

Lima bean soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Lima bean soup

A page-cited historical lunch recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

White Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

White Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring white stock iii, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Vermicelli soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Vermicelli soup

Marion Harland’s original method for Vermicelli soup, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Egg Balls II, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Egg Balls II

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring “hard-boiled” egg, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Lobster Bisque, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Lobster Bisque

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring lb. lobster, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Spring Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Spring Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring white stock i or ii, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Corn Chowder, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Corn Chowder

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring corn, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Cream of Mushroom Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 25 min prepEst. serves 4

Cream of Mushroom Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring lb. mushrooms, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Mulligatawney soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Mulligatawney soup

Mulligatawney soup, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including (an east indian recipe.) joint a large fowl, as for fricassee, and cut into small pi.

Halibut Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Halibut Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring cold boiled halibut, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Fish Force-meat II, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Fish Force-meat II

Farmer’s concise method for Fish Force-meat II, transcribed from the public-domain 1910 cookbook.

Noodles for soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Noodles for soup

A page-cited historical lunch recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Almond Soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 30 min prepEst. serves 4

Almond Soup

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring almonds, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Creole chowder, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Creole chowder

A page-cited historical lunch recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Clam and Tomato Bisque, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Clam and Tomato Bisque

A turn-of-the-century lunch recipe featuring clams, with the original instructions and source page intact.

Eel soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Eel soup

A page-cited historical lunch recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

A brown fowl soup, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Lunch Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

A brown fowl soup

A page-cited historical lunch recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.