Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

Title: Canadian Pea Soup

That looks both kind of good and kind of familiar.

I try to keep coming up with new stuff and not re-posting things
that came from here in the first place. If I have not posted this
exact recipe I have certainly posted similar ones before. There's
only so many ways to make pea soups: yellow or green, whole or
split, au maigre or with ham or bacon or salt pork, with or without
celery and carrots, with savory or thyme and finally served
purreed or not.

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Title: Canadian Bouilli
Categories: Historical, Canadian, Chicken, Pork
Yield: 12 Servings

1/4 c Shortening, oil or
-melted fat
6 lb Stewing chicken
1 Whole nutmeg
3 tb Cider vinegar or cognac
Salt, pepper to taste
1 ts Thyme
1 lb Salt pork
3 qt Hot water
2 lg Onions, chopped
1 ts Salt
1 ts Savory
1 sm Green cabbage, cut in
Quarters
10 sm Carrots, whole
10 sm Onions, whole
12 New potatoes, whole
2 lb Yellow or green beans (if in
Season)
SAUCE FOR BOUILLI:
1/2 c Butter
1/2 c Chopped parsley
1/4 c Chopped chives or
-green onions
4 ts Cognac or brandy

Bouilli was one of many dishes served to the bourgeois at
Astoria's Christmas dinner in 1813. The men were on short rations
that Christmas. Bouilli in its most basic form is boiled meat or
fowl with vegetables added to the pot toward the end of the
cooking time.

Melt fat or heat oil in VERY LARGE pot. Rub outside of chicken
with nutmeg and vinegar. Rub inside with salt, pepper, thyme.
Brown the chicken in hot fat. Add the salt pork, water, salt,
savory, & onions. Bring to a boil, making sure there is enough
water to cover the meat. Cover and simmer for 1-2 hours or until
the chicken is almost tender. Then add the cabbage, carrots,
onions, potatoes, & yellow or green beans. Return to a boil,
cover, and cook 20 to 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

To serve, place the chicken and salt pork in the middle of a warm
platter, surrounded with the vegetables. Top with the butter
warmed with the parsley and chives. You may also use the cognac or
brandy in the sauce if desired, but some people find the strong
flavor of the liquor deadens the flavor.

From: www.northwestjournal.ca

When the Northwest Company was in competition with the Hudson Bay
Company, Fort Astoria was located at the mouth of the Columbia
River. -JW


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Cheers

Jim


... Boil it and they will come.

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