A 70 year old recipe for Oatmeal soup!
Oatmeal Soup
Ingredients

3 carrots.
3 turnips.
3 onions.
3 tablespoons coarse oatmeal.
I stick of celery.
5 pints water.
2 J- ounces butter.
2 teaspoons salt.
I dozen peppercorns.
I tablespoon chopped parsley.

Directions
Dissolve the butter in a large saucepan, slice the
vegetables and fry them for a few minutes in the
butter, but do not allow them to brown. [...]

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(A substitute for Beef Tea.)
2 cloves.
6 peppercorns.
A very small piece of mace.
A little pepper if liked.
I pint soaked lentils.
1 pint water.
2 ounces butter.
^ teaspoon salt.
Dissolve the butter in a saucepan, place in all the
ingredients except salt and pepper. Boil half an
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No. g. — Haricot Bean Soup.
I pint soaked haricot beans.
I good-sized carrot.
1 good-sized turnip.
2 onions.
1 small head of celery.
2 ounces butter.
1 teaspoon salt.
2 quarts water.
Dissolve the butter in a saucepan, place in the
onions sliced and fry five minutes ; then add the
other vegetables sliced, the beans, and [...]

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3 pints water.
1 pint soaked haricot beans.
2 potatoes.
I ounce butter.
I onion.
I pound French beans.
I teaspoon salt.
I dozen peppercorns.
Dissolve the butter in a saucepan and fry in it
the potatoes and onion sliced for five minutes,
then add the haricot beans and water and [...]