The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
September 3rd : ONION SOUP
The proportions for making this soup are as follow :
To a quart of beef gravy add one large onion , that has been previously boiled in three waters, and then finely chopped; season with Cayenne and salt, put in the vegetables, let all simmer for an hour, strain before serving.
It is a well-known fact, that persons who have somewhat exceeded in their potations on the previous day, have found no better restorative from the effects of a late sitting than a basin of onion soup, followed by a small morsel of broiled or roast meat, abstaining from malt liquor or wine, and drinking instead a moderate quantity of weak brandy and water,