The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 9 - Soups and Ingredients
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Coconut Soup Recipe
The rule is that three-quarter pound of chestnuts should be given to each quart of soup. The tree was introduced into Britain by the Romans, but it only flourishes in the warmer parts of the island. It attains a great age as well as an immense size. As a food, it is the least oily and most faranacious of all the nuts - therefore the easiest of digestion.
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