This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Take equal parts of carrot, turnips, mushrooms, sausages, and boiled shelled chestnuts. Cut into small pieces and place in a stewpan or earthenware cooking pot. Add just sufficient clear stock to cover, and simmer until the vegetables are tender, when a spoonful of sherry and a little pepper and salt should be added.
This mixture is largely used in Spain as an addition to chicken sweetbread, or indeed almost any kind of meat.
 
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