Eel Broth

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb eels
• a small bunch of sweet herbs, including parsley
• 1/2 onion
• 10 peppercorns
• 3 pint water
• 2 cloves
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. After having cleaned and skinned the eel, cut it into small pieces, and put it into a stewpan, with the other ingredients;
2. simmer gently until the liquid is reduced nearly half, carefully removing the scum as it rises.
3. Strain it through a hair sieve;
4. put it by in a cool place, and, when wanted, take off all the fat from the top, warm up as much as is required, and serve with sippets of toasted bread.
5. This is a very nutritious broth, and easy of digestion.