Eel Soup.
4 lbs. of eels; 3 quarts of water; 1 chopped onion; minced parsley; a blade of mace; pepper, salt, and lemon-juice; 2 tablespoonfuls of butter rolled in flour; dripping.
Clean the eels, removing all the fat, and cut into short pieces. Fry a chopped onion brown in plenty of dripping; wipe the eels dry and fry them in the same. Put into a pot with the onion and mace; cover with three quarts of cold water, and stew slowly two hours. Then season; stir in the floured butter; simmer three minutes, add the lemon-juice, and pour out.