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Herring Soup
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Herring Soup

4 ingredients 4 steps wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

202
Calories
4g
Protein
1g
Fat
46g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Herring not in our table 0
Meat not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 8 gallons water
  • 5 pounds barley meal
  • 4 herrings , meat pounded
  • Salt , pepper , vinegar , and herbs , to taste

Directions

1

Combine water and barley meal.

2

Boil it to the consistency of a thick jelly.

3

Season it with salt, pepper, vinegar, sweet herbs. Add the herring meat.

4

This page incorporates text from the public domain cookbook Household Cyclopedia by Henry Hartshorne.

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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