Bread-and-Cheese Porridge.
2 lbs. of beef-bones cracked; 2 lbs. coarse mutton—lean and chopped; 1 lb. stale bread-crusts, dried to crispness in the oven; 4 quarts of water; 4 tablespoonfuls fine grated cheese; 2 tablespoonfuls of butter, rolled in flour; pepper, salt, and chopped parsley; 1 onion.
Put on the bones, meat, and onion in the water, and boil three hours. Cool, and take off the fat. Season, and re-heat. Put in the crusts; cook very slowly until they are like a jelly. Take them from the fire; beat in a bowl until smooth; put back into the soup, and simmer fifteen minutes. Stir in the butter; cook five minutes, and pour upon the cheese in the tureen. Stir up well.