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Brown Soup Stock

Wipe beef, and cut the lean meat in inch cubes.

Wipe beef, and cut the lean meat in inch cubes. Brown one-third of meat in hot frying-pan in marrow from a marrow-bone. Put remaining two-thirds with bone and fat in 114soup kettle, add water, and let stand for thirty minutes. Place on back of range, add browned meat, and heat gradually to boiling-point. As scum rises it should be removed. Cover, and cook slowly six hours, keeping below boiling-point during cooking. Add vegetables and seasonings, cook one and one-half hours, strain, and cool as quickly as possible.

Ingredients

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  • from bone marrow
  • water
  • vegetables
  • seasonings

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Required Gear

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Soup kettle or large pot
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Frying pan For browning meat
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Fine strainer

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Wipe beef, and cut the lean meat in inch cubes.

  2. 2

    Brown one-third of meat in hot frying-pan in marrow from a marrow-bone.

  3. 3

    Put remaining two-thirds with bone and fat in 114soup kettle, add water, and let stand for thirty minutes.

  4. 4

    Place on back of range, add browned meat, and heat gradually to boiling-point.

  5. 5

    As scum rises it should be removed.

  6. 6

    Cover, and cook slowly six hours, keeping below boiling-point during cooking.

  7. 7

    Add vegetables and seasonings, cook one and one-half hours, strain, and cool as quickly as possible.

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