Vermicelli Soup.
4 lbs. knuckle of veal; 1 lb. lean ham; 2 carrots; 1 onion; 4 stalks of celery; bunch of herbs; 1 great spoonful of butter; 6 quarts of water; 4 tablespoonfuls of vermicelli, broken small, and boiled ten minutes in hot salted water.
Cut up the veal and ham into small pieces; slice the vegetables; put into a soup-pot in which you have melted a great spoonful of butter. Set where it will heat slowly; cover closely, and leave it for one hour, stirring now and then. Pour in, then, the cold water, and cook gently four hours. Drain off the liquid, pick out meat and bones, and put into the stock-jar; pour on all the soup not wanted for to-day’s use, season, and set away. Pulp the vegetables into to-day’s soup; season; cool, and remove the fat. Put over the fire, and boil and skim five minutes. Add the vermicelli—simmer one minute, and pour out.