Put from three to four pounds of knuckle of veal, one and one-half pounds of scrag of mutton and one-half pound of ham, all cut up into small pieces, into a saucepan with one-fourth pound of butter, and an onion stuck with one or two cloves, and fry them over the fire for ten minutes. Put in with the meat a bunch of sweet herbs, one anchovy, two carrots, three or four blades of mace and four heads of celery. Place the lid on the saucepan and stand it over the fire until all the gravy has been extracted from the meat. Drain the gravy into a basin, pour four quarts of water over the meat and boil slowly until reduced to three pints. Strain the soup into another saucepan, add one-fourth pound of vermicelli, a head of celery cut into small pieces and a small quantity of cayenne pepper and salt. Put a French roll into a soup tureen, pour a small quantity of the soup on it, let it soak for a few minutes, then pour in the remainder of the soup and serve.

Vermicelli,- Queen Style

Blanch the vermicelli in boiling water, them drain it; put it into a saucepan with rich broth, season to taste and let it boil gently until cooked. Beat well the yolks of eight eggs and mix a small quantity of cream with them; pour them into the soup and stir them by the side of the fire for a few minutes, but do not allow them to boil. Turn the vermicelli into a tureen and serve it with a plate of sippets of toast.

Vermicelli Soup With Tomato Puree

Prepare three quarts of fish stock, as for thick soup; when boiling move it to the side of the fire and let it simmer for half an hour. Make one and one-half pints of fresh tomato puree. Skim the fat off the soup, put in a bunch of parsley and sweet herbs and the tomato puree, then allow it to simmer for twenty minutes longer. Boil gently in salted water one-half pound of vermicelli. Strain the soup, put in the vermicelli, skim off all the fat and boil up again. Turn the soup into a tureen, and serve.