Place in a saucepan and add seven pints of cold water.  Bring to a boil and cook slowly for two hours.  Mash through a fine sieve and then return to the kettle and add

  One-half cup of flour dissolved in
  One cup of milk,
  One and one-half tablespoons of salt,
  One teaspoon of pepper,
  Two well-beaten eggs,
  Butter, size of large walnut or one ounce.

Stir to thoroughly blend and then add one-quarter cup of finely chopped parsley.  Serve with toast.

CABBAGE SOUP

  Two quarts of water,
  Three onions, chopped fine,
  One faggot of soup herbs,
  Two slices of salt pork, cut into dice,
  One and one-quarter pounds of soup meat, with bone in it,
  Two and one-half cups of finely shredded cabbage.

Place in a saucepan and cook slowly for one and three-quarter hours.  Now add two tablespoons of flour, dissolved in one-quarter cup of water, and season with

  One tablespoon of salt,
  One teaspoon of pepper,
  One-half teaspoon of thyme.

CREAM OF CUCUMBER

Pare and grate one large cucumber, and then place in a saucepan and add

  One cup of cold water,
  One tablespoon of grated onion.

Bring to a boil and cook slowly for ten minutes.  Rub through a fine sieve and add

  Four cups of milk,
  Six tablespoons of flour.

Stir to dissolve the flour, and then bring to a boil and cook slowly for five minutes.  Now add

  One teaspoon of salt,
  One-half teaspoon of paprika,
  One quarter green pepper, chopped fine,
  One tablespoon of butter,

Beat hard to mix.

CREAM OF CORN, SUPREME

Use a corn scraper and then score and scrape the pulp from four large ears of corn, and rub through a sieve into a saucepan.  Now add

  Four cups of milk,
  Six tablespoons of flour,
  One tablespoon of grated onion.

Stir to dissolve and then bring to a boil and cook slowly for five minutes.  Season to taste and add

  One tablespoon of butter,
  One tablespoon of finely minced parsley.

BAKED PRUNES

Wash and soak the prunes and then place in a casserole dish and add one-half pound of fruit,

  Paring of lemon rind,
  Juice of one-half lemon,
  Four tablespoons of brown sugar and just barely enough of water to
          cover.

Bake for thirty minutes.

FRUITS

BAKED PEARS

Select pears of uniform size and then pare and cut in half.  Place in a baking dish and add

  One-half cup of syrup,
  One-half cup of water,
  One-quarter teaspoon of nutmeg.