Florence White

Spring Soup

Mary Eaton, Bungay, Suffolk, 1823

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Florence White

Published 1932

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Ingredients

  • Green peas 1 pint
  • chervil
  • purslain
  • lettuce

Method

  1. Put the peas with the vegetables and herbs (chopped up) in a stewpan with the butter.
  2. Shake them over the fire for a few minutes.
  3. Add warm water in proportion to the vegetables and stew till they are well covered.
  4. Strain off the soup and pass the vegetables through a sieve.
  5. Heat the pulp with three parts of the sou