1854 Pumpkin Soup
Keys: Soups Stews Vegetables British Britain Uk European British
English Yield: 1 pot
Ingredients:
2 lb pumpkin, skinned and cut up
6 tbl butter
2 tbl flour
2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
6 cup milk
1 cup water
1 x pepper to taste
Method:
In a large soup pot, add the pumpkin, sugar, butter, salt, pepper and
water. Simmer for 20 minutes. Mash the pumpkin well and add the flour,
mixing constantly. Add the milk and simmer for another 10 minutes. Serve
with fried bread or toast.
NOTE: France imported many food dishes to this country during the
Revolutionary War. This is one dish however that was exported to France.
Pumpkin is seldom used outside of the United States; France being the
exception.
The pumpkin has been used here in many ways; Pumpkin pie is a national
tradition in the Fall. This soup was popular in America and with
schools, hospitals, and covents in rural France in the late 1700's and
1800's.
~Angelique~
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