How to Make Soup for the Poor | The Victorian Way
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With the arrival of winter making the weather freezing cold, Lady Braybrooke asked Mrs. Crocombe to make a simple soup to distribute to the poor of the parish. This soup needs to taste good as well as make them feel warm - after all, "just because you're poor doesn't mean the food has to be bad"...
She organises many charitable initiatives, from blankets for the needy to the collection of old
toys and such items for new mothers with children. Today she's asked me to make a hearty soup for
the poor of the parish. It needs to be tasty and filling. For this recipe you will need
and to season, salt and pepper. My yellow split peas have been soaking overnight
and Mary-Anne has already chopped my onions and carrots. So all that's left to do is to
chop my celery and my bacon. Any uneaten food, if there is any, is given to feed the poor as
arms at the gate. But when it is particularly cold, like now, then we ought to do a little more
and this soup will help with that. First I'm going to fry the bacon in butter
Sawyer. He's one of my heroes. He had experience establishing recipes for the poor and for the
soldiers in the Crimea. He built soup kitchens in Ireland during the Great Potato Famine.
This soup needs just under an hour simmering to allow the peas to split.
Just because one is poor doesn't mean that food should be bad.
I like to season my soups very well and I'm going to add a little mint to lift the flavour.
This will help keep it warm as it gets taken to the gate. Oh look, some of Sylvia's bread.
There we are, soup for the poor. Come on, we haven't got all day.
We must always remember that there are no guarantees in life.
I have my savings but I too one day will grow old and will be grateful for soup like that.