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RECIPES FROM THE RETRO HOUSEWIFE

SOUPS

FISH AND CABBAGE SOUP, Russian

Ingredients

• 3 lbs. different kinds of fish
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1 ½ tbsp. flour
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 or 3 laurel leaves
• Parsley and dill
• Pepper
• 2 dill cucumbers
• 10 pickled mushrooms, chopped
• ½ cup fresh cabbage or sauerkraut
• ½ cup sour cream
• 5 to 10 chopped olives

Preparation Instructions

Fry onion in butter until nearly tender. Stir in flour and continue frying onion until tender. Dilute with hot water and add fish (using the richer kinds), which has been cut into small pieces, 2 or 3 laurel leaves, black pepper, olives, mushrooms, dill cucumbers and a little fresh cabbage or sauerkraut over which boiling water has been poured. Add water to the depth of 3 fingers and bring to a boiling point several times so that the fish cooks. Salt to taste and add dill cucumber liquid, sour cream, sprinkle with parsley and dill and serve. Serves 6 to 8.

Contributed by Mrs. Katherine Mamontov, 1950

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