Name: Broth and Soup
Ingredients: lean meat; cold water; vegetables; flavoring materials

Broth and Soup

Ingredients

lean meat
cold water
vegetables
flavoring materials

Directions

Place a piece of lean meat in a pot with cold water.
Heat the water slowly until it reaches a simmer, keeping the temperature below 180°F (82°C).
Simmer gently for a while until the meat is tender and some nutrients are extracted into the water.
Combine the extracted meat with vegetables and flavorings to enhance taste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.