Hessian Soup Recipe

Take seven pints of water, one pint of split peas, one pound of lean

beef, cut into small slices, three quarters of a pound of potatoes,

three ounces of ground rice, two heads of celery, two onions, or leeks.

Season with pepper and salt, and dried mint, according to your taste.

Let it all boil slowly together till reduced to five pints.





Another Hessian Soup.



One pound of beef, one pint of split peas, three turnips, four ounces

ground rice, three potatoes, three onions, one head of celery, seven

pints of water. Boil till reduced to six pints; then strain it through a

hair sieve, with a little whole pepper.

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