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TURTLE SOUP
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TURTLE SOUP

4 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

672
Calories
19g
Protein
2g
Fat
146g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 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
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Soup 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

  • 3 tablespoons of flour to which has been added a little of the soup
  • one lemon
  • 1 potato
  • 1 onion

Directions

1

_Contributed by Miss Charlotte Mitchell, New Orleans._

2

Put meat in a pot of water and boil. Cut one lemon and remove seeds, 1 potato, 1 onion, 1 can tomatoes, some bay leaves and parsley. Boil all together for 3 hours, brown 3 tablespoons of flour to which has been added a little of the soup and a little butter. After this is added boil slowly for 2 hours. Have in tureen a hard boiled egg chopped fine, slices of lemon and chopped parsley. Season soup with Worcestershire sauce and salt, then strain into tureen.

By Jacqueline Harrison Smith (ed.) · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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