1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes

Grean Pea Soup - Shell two quarts of fresh green peas; wash the shells, and cover them with a quart of water; boil five minutes, drain. Add to this water, the peas; cook until tender, and press through a colander; add two teaspoonfuls of sugar. Add a pint of milk, two teaspoonfuls of butter and two of flour; add salt and pepper, and serve at once.

The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1898


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