Barley Soup

Ingredients

• 3 gills barley
• 3 quarts water
• onions
• 6 carrots
• 6 turnips
• 4 1/2 pounds mutton
• lean ham
• pepper
• salt
• tomatoes

Instructions

1. Put on three gills of barley, three quarts of water, a few onions cut up, six carrots scraped and cut into dice, and an equal quantity of turnips cut small.
2. Boil it gently two hours.
3. Then put in four or five pounds of the rack or neck of mutton, and a few slices of lean ham, with pepper and salt.
4. Boil it slowly two hours longer, and serve it up.
5. Tomatos are an excellent addition to this soup.