Sunday, February 16, 2020

Rabbit Soup

Ingredients

  • One or two rabbits
  • Butter
  • Cold water
  • Four or five onions, cut small
  • One head of celery, cut small
  • One cup of peas green or dry
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Cut one or two rabbits into joints
  2. lay them for an hour in cold water
  3. Dry and fry them in butter until they are half done
  4. Place meat in a saucepan with onions and celery
  5. Add to these three parts cold water and a one cup of peas
  6. Salt and pepper to taste
  7. Serve
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Travis King
Louisiana Anthology
February 16, 2020

Rabbit Soup

Ingredients

  • One or two rabbits
  • Butter
  • Cold water
  • Four or five onions, cut small
  • One head of celery, cut small
  • One cup of peas green or dry
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Cut one or two rabbits into joints
  2. lay them for an hour in cold water
  3. Dry and fry them in butter until they are half done
  4. Place meat in a saucepan with onions and celery
  5. Add to these three parts cold water and a one cup of peas
  6. Salt and pepper to taste
  7. Serve
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Travis King
Louisiana Anthology
February 16, 2020

Ox-Tail Soup

Ingredients

  • Two ox-tails
  • Three Carrots
  • Three turnips
  • Three Onions
  • Two heads of celery
  • Four cloves
  • One blade of mace
  • Small lump of sugar
  • Red Pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Cut joint of two ox-tails with meat-saw
  2. Steep them in boiling water for two hours in stock-pot
  3. Place ox-tails in a stew pan with vegetables cut to olive size, four cloves, and one blade of mace
  4. Boil over a slow fire until ox tail joints are tender
  5. Remove ox-tails, cool them, and clarify the broth
  6. Strain into a soup pot
  7. Place all ingredients into soup pot with a little bit of the broth, boil for 30 minutes
  8. Add sugar and red pepper
  9. Serve
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Travis King
Louisiana Anthology
February 16, 2020

Ox-Tail Soup

Ingredients

  • Two ox-tails
  • Three Carrots
  • Three turnips
  • Three Onions
  • Two heads of celery
  • Four cloves
  • One blade of mace
  • Small lump of sugar
  • Red Pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Cut joint of two ox-tails with meat-saw
  2. Steep them in boiling water for two hours in stock-pot
  3. Place ox-tails in a stew pan with vegetables cut to olive size, four cloves, and one blade of mace
  4. Boil over a slow fire until ox tail joints are tender
  5. Remove ox-tails, cool them, and clarify the broth
  6. Strain into a soup pot
  7. Place all ingredients into soup pot with a little bit of the broth, boil for 30 minutes
  8. Add sugar and red pepper
  9. Serve
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Travis King
Louisiana Anthology
February 16, 2020

Plain Beef Soup

Ingredients

  • Five pounds of leg or shin of beef
  • One gallon of water
  • One teaspoon of salt
  • Two heads of celery
  • Five carrots
  • Three onions
  • Four turnips
  • Two tomatoes
  • A bunch of sweet herbs

Directions

  1. Cut meat in two or three pieces and place in a gallon of cold water
  2. Salt well while bringing to a boil, skim as soup heats.
  3. Boil slowly with a regular heat for about 4 hours
  4. Add two heads of celery, five carrots cut small, two tomatoes, three onions sliced and fried, and the sweet herbs tied in muslin
  5. Add turnips 30 minutes before serving
  6. If any portion of the meat is required for the table, remove from the soup 2 hours before serving.
  7. Strain soup through a hair sieve before serving.
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Travis king
Louisiana Anthology
February 16, 2020

Plain Beef Soup

Ingredients

  • Five pounds of leg or shin of beef
  • One gallon of water
  • One teaspoon of salt
  • Two heads of celery
  • Five carrots
  • Three onions
  • Four turnips
  • Two tomatoes
  • A bunch of sweet herbs

Directions

  1. Cut meat in two or three pieces and place in a gallon of cold water
  2. Salt well while bringing to a boil, skim as soup heats.
  3. Boil slowly with a regular heat for about 4 hours
  4. Add two heads of celery, five carrots cut small, two tomatoes, three onions sliced and fried, and the sweet herbs tied in muslin
  5. Add turnips 30 minutes before serving
  6. If any portion of the meat is required for the table, remove from the soup 2 hours before serving.
  7. Strain soup through a hair sieve before serving.
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Travis king
Louisiana Anthology
February 16, 2020

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Broiling Chicken

Ingredients

  • Chicken
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Sweet oil

Directions

  1. Wash chicken thoroughly. 
  2. Dry carefully the chicken with a cloth.
  3. Salt and pepper the chicken 2 or 3 hours before cooking and put in refrigerator.
  4. Add sweet oil on the chicken before broiling it over a slow fire.
  5. Occasionally baste chicken with water while broiling.
Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days
Prepared by Caleb Reese
Louisiana Anthology
February 13, 2020