The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 9 - Soups and Ingredients
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Soup Alacressee, French Recipe, Ingredients
The lentil is a variety of the bean tribe, but in England is not used as human food. It takes its name from lentis, slow, and according to Pliny, produces mildness and moderation of temper. The English may have inherited a prejudice against it, on account it is said of its rendering men indolent.
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