Hessian Soup

Ingredients

• Half an ox's head
• 1 pint split peas
• 3 carrots
• 6 turnips
• 6 potatoes
• 6 onions
• 1 head celery
• 1 bunch savoury herbs
• pepper and salt to taste
• 2 blade mace
• a little allspice
• 4 cloves
• the crumb of a French roll
• 6 quart water

Instructions

1. Clean the head, rub it with salt and water, and soak it for 5 hours in warm water.
2. Simmer it in the water till tender, put it into a pan and let it cool;
3. skim off all the fat;
4. take out the head, and add the vegetables cut up small, and the peas which have been previously soaked;
5. simmer them without the meat, till they are done enough to pulp through a sieve.
6. Add the seasoning, with pieces of the meat cut up; give one boil, and serve.