How To Cook A Wolf

This blog will periodically post bits from the book by M.J.K. Fisher, "How to Cook a Wolf" published in 1942 a time period of great stress and danger.

The table of contents indicates that this will be a book of lightheartedness.
  1. How to Be Sage Without Hemlock
  2. How to Catch the Wolf
  3. How to Distribute Your Virtue
  4. How to Boil Water
  5. How to Greet the Spring

And there are more, but let's start with these.

A recipe from the chapter How to Boil Water is

      GREEN GARDEN SOUP
2 Tbls butter or good oil
1 bunch watercress
1/2 head lettuce
3 small onions and tops
2 or 3 cabbage leaves
4 celery stalk tops
1 sprig thyme or marjoram
1 handful parsley
2 cans (4 cups) chicken or beef broth
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup thick cream
Seasoning

Grind or chop the vegetables (clean, or course)
Heat them gently for about 10 minutes with oil, then add broth. 
Cover and simmer slowly until very tender, about 45 minutes.
Beat egg yolk and cream together and add after the soup is in the bowl
Sprinkle with freshly ground pepper

Most of these ingredients can be found at your local Farmers' Market so distance yourself, but support them and enjoy fresh home cooked soup.

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