The Art of Living in Australia: Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken

and flour and brown that too; pour over the boiling stock and stir until it boils up, simmer gently for one hour, then rub through a sieve and return to the saucepan. Bring to the boil, flavour with salt and lemon juice. Pour into a warm tureen and serve. Send well-boiled rice to the table with this soup. FRENCH SOUP * 3 Potatoes * * 3 Carrots * * 2 Turnips--1 1/2d. * * 2 quarts Bone Stock * * Pepper * * 2 Onions * * 1/2 stalk Celery--1d. * * 1 oz. Butter--1d. * * 1 teaspoonful Sugar * * Salt--1/2d. * * Total Cost--4d. * * Time--One Hour. * Peel and slice up the vegetables and sprinkle them with the sugar and salt, and put them into a saucepan with the butter, and sweat for five minutes. Pour over the boiling stock and stir until it boils; boil slowly for an hour, then rub through a sieve. If it is too thick, reduce it with a little more stock or milk, return to a saucepan, and bring to the boil. When tomatoes are in season slice up two with the other vegetables; these will make the soup a good colour and improve the flavour. SAGO SOUP * 3 oz. Sago--1d. * * 1 pint Milk--2 1/2d. * * 2 quarts Bone Stock * * 1 Leek * * Salt and Pepper--1/2d. * * Total Cost--4d. * * Time--Half an Hour. * Wash the sago in cold water, boil the leek in the stock for ten minutes, take it out and stir in the sago; continue stirring until the sago is transparent and the stock quite thick, then pour in the milk and bring up to the boil. Season with salt and pepper, and serve. CELERY SOUP * 2 heads of Celery--2d. * * 2 quarts Pot Boilings * * 1 pint of Milk--2 1/2d. * * 1 oz. Sago--1/2d. * * Total Cost--5d. * * Time--One Hour * If vegetables have been boiled with the meat the stock will be sufficiently flavoured; if not, boil an onion