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Mushroom Soup


Prep
Cook
Serves
4

Directions

  1. Clean and chop mushrooms, and add to stock.

  2. Cook twenty minutes and rub through a sieve.

  3. Cook sago in boiling water thirty minutes, add to stock, and as soon as boiling-point is reached, season with salt and pepper; then add cream and yolks of eggs.

  4. Cream of Mushroom Soup ½ lb. mushrooms 4 cups White Stock III 1 slice onion ¼ cup butter ¼ cup flour 1 cup cream Salt.

Notes from the cook

From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Public domain. Digitized by Project Gutenberg (eBook #65061).

Added by Craig Zeldin · May 12, 2026