Gravy Soup
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- 8 pounds coarse lean beef
- ingredients for shin soup
- 2 tablespoons mushroom catsup
- toasted bread
Instructions
- Get eight pounds of coarse lean beef, wash it clean, and lay it in your pot.
- Put in the same ingredients as for the shin soup, with the same quantity of water, and follow the process directed for that.
- Strain the soup through a sieve and serve it up clear, with nothing more than toasted bread in it.
- Two table-spoonsful of mushroom catsup will add a fine flavour to the soup.