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But it is nicely made, not wrapper or
loose jacket, and is neither dirty nor shah.
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" How do you make SOUP" pursued Mrs
| Courtnay ignoring the implied reproof. 'Su-
san sen Is up ours all water, and the captain
can't eat it although she has four pounds OF
meat to make it with, which looks boiled to
rags, fit only to throw away"
"Oh, Augusta four pounds of meat
wasted in soup You will never cconomse
at that rate Poor pcoplc-as, perhaps, |
may venture to call you now, with ourselves
should never attempt expensive soups. For
them it is Il waste Of money!
m sure I've heard you talk of having
soup often enough angrily returned Mrs
Courtnay.
" Yes soups that cost nothing or next to
nothing"
:" Lake that parsonage soup" cried Mrs
Conrtnay, bursting into Il laugh. L" Do you
remember, Annis? You came home from
one of your visits az Aunt Ruttlcy's boast
ing of some delicious cheap soup. and
when mamma inquired how this delicious
cheap soup was made, you said of young pea
shells. 1t remained II standing Joke against
you. Is that how your soups are made?''
" No. Winter is not the season for pea
shells. But | suppose what am going to
Siy to vou will appear quito as much Of
i9,k' We iN'cly mako our roa-soup Of any
ti'ing but bones"
" Bones - repeated Mrs. Courtnav. ns
much astonshed n if her sister had sud
feathers.
60 Wenevcr waste bono. Beef bones, NUT
ton bones-all, in short, are boiled and boiled
long, Tor about 10 hours they stand by the
side OF the kitchen fire, not m)nop1liling IN it
with an onion or two, turnip, a carrot and
celery. 1t is all strained of. and the next
morning it is in Jelly. The peas are then
boiled in it with some mint, and it is an
exec lent soup. Then sometimes we have the
French soup, as we callit. That poor French
governess, whom invited to stay with me
when she lost her situation, taught Mary
how to make it, She used to make it for
herself on Fridays, and said she preferred it to
fish. thought at first she said it out of
delicacv, to prevent my going to the expense
of fish for her, but believed afterward that
she really did prefer it, 1t was treat to
her for she never got it in England"
What soup is it?''
g The French call it soup maigre. On fast
days they put piece of fbutter into a saucepan,
on other days piece Of dripping, let it melt,
and put into it quantity of vegetables
ready cut in small pieccs-carrots, turnips,
over the fire, till they are well saturated with
the dripping or butter, but not to brown
them, then fill up the saucepan with water,
and let it boil for two or three hours, adding
pepper and salt to taste. You cannot think
what nice soup it makes
81 am willing to take your word for it,
returned Mrs. Courtenay with an ungracious
accent. "Soup made Of dripping, and pea
soup made of bones wonder what the
captain would say if placed such before
him.
"1f placed before him, well made. he would
say they were excellent" was the reioinder
of Annis. "My husband thinks them so.
and 1t is not necessary to proclaim your
mysteries of economy over the dinncr-tablc.
Both OF these soups are very grateful on "a
cold Winters day. Bosdes,'' she laughed
"thcy save tho meat; my servants like these
soups so much now that they often make
their dinner of them, and will put away the
meat untouched. Augusta broke off
Mrs. Lance, IN a changed tone. ''if you are
to dcspisc every word say, as see you do,
why do you come to me for information ?"
"No, do not dcspise your words, Annis
| am obliged TO you for being at the trouble
to explain to me; but | cannot help
despising the cookery the odd, rarsmon-
ious way of concocting soups out of
nothing. 1t is ridiculous
clad begun life upon the income you
did, Augusta, | dare say should never have
learnt these frugal odds and ends of cookery.
But can testify that they are very helpful
both to comfort and to the purse; and if
those who enjoy but my confined income do
not understand them, or have them practised
in their household, they ought to do So
"What ought pies to be made OFF, inter-
rupted Mrs. Courtenay, remembering ancth-
er domestic stumbling block.
MANY things. Apples and rhubarb,
and"
"Nonscnsc, Annis You know | meant
the crust"
"No, | did not make mine of lard
Sometimes of beef dripping"
Beef drip-Well, what next? You
must have learnt that at the parsonage"
"No, indeed, the parsonage was not rich
enough to possess dripping Ifby good luck
it did get any the children used to scramble
for it to put on their bread. Nicely clarified.
it makes a very fair crust. But generally
use lard
"Susan won't use anything but the best
fresh butter; such quantity; about pound
and half to every pie"
"Make them yourself, Augusta
81 can't nobody can eat them. l have tried
my hand at three or four, and they were as
hard as lead, and could not be cut into: you
might throw them from here to York, and
they never break. But all these things
are nothing to the washing; that's dreadful.
l have taken to have most oft done at home,
for the expense was ruinous, and the servants
would not so much as rub out duster.
Every Monday morning Il woman comes"
"You should have it done on Tuesday"
interrupted Annis, "and the clothes should
be slaped and put in soak on Monday morn
ing; they come clean with half the labor.
And every fortnight would be often enough. 1"
They seem not to come clean at all in
our house," groaned Mrs. Courtenay. 81
tell Susan she must help the woman, but
believe all the help she gives is gossip. Three
days every week is that washerwoman with
us, and she has two shilings day, and eats
enough to last her til she comes again the
next week: and the house is in steam and
"A warfare all three days, for the won't keep
the doors shut, and the servants won't iron,
or fold, saying they have no time, and the
things 60 to the mangling woman in the
rough, and she folds them and charges double
pay 10 DC diTeu' AltoSctner, tne cIothen uoh
get put away till the Monday comes round
again"
IL could not live in such house :" ex
| claimed Annis. ''We wash every Tuesday
as tell you, and by Thursday night the
things are in the drawers, except what may
want mending."
"You must have Aaddins lamp. How
do you ever manage it ?"
management and system; with of course
industry Unless you can bring such t.
bear in your house, Augusta, it will be th
same scene OF confusion forever. How un
comfortable it must make your husband -
alt makes him very cross, if you mear
peace"
Mrs. Courtenay had good cause to say 5
and the confusion grew more confused a,