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1870 D'la Soupe D'angulle
Jersey Conger Soupe

Recipe: CalculatorJersey.

INGREDIENTS:

1 and 1/2lb Conger,
3 Pt's water,
1 heart of cabbage chopped,
2 leeks,
petals of a marigold or two,
1 quart of milk,
1 oz of jersey butter,

METHOD:

Fresh Conger boil in 3pts of water approx one and half hours strain and keep the liquid, remove fish from the bone.
Return to the pot with the chopped cabbage and leeks, bring to the boil over slow heat.
Add parsley seasoning to taste add quart of milk and 1oz of jersey Butter.
To serve sprinkle with marigold petals.
Finally serve with fresh Jersey cabbage loaf and churned Jersey butter.


1939 D'la Soupe De Congre.
During The Occupation Of Jersey By The Germans.

Recipe: CalculatorJersey.

1 lb of conger,( on the head )
1 lb tomatoes, ( skinned )
1 onion,( chopped )
8 oz peas,
1 small cabbage, ( chopped )
2 Pt's of milk,
salt and fresh milled pepper,
1 bouquet garni,
marigold petals,
1 oz of jersey butter,

METHOD:

Wash the conger head well in plenty of water.
Place in a pan cover with cold water and boil for one and a half hours.( A pressure cooker is useful for this.)
Drain and reserve the liquid.
Take fish of the bone and add with the prepared vegetables the herbs also the fish to one and a half pints of the fish stock season to taste and simmer gently for 20 minutes.
Take out the bouquet garni, then ladle 3 large cupfuls of fish into a sieve or liquidizer.
Reduce this amount to a puree then return to the pan.
This thickens the soup and there is no need to add flour.
Add milk, butter, and bring to the boil very slow and simmer.
Serve very hot.
Serves four people.
Serve with the Marigold petals on the top.
Best with Jersey cabbage loaf and fresh churned Jersey Butter.

Haggis

are we talking conger eel here?

only ever seen them in films!

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You have not Lived if you have not tried Fresh Conger Soup.
You can see the goodness in the Jelly just like Oxtail Soup it sets in its own goodness.
But there are not many of us "Old Chefs" 69 (giggle) left that have the patience to make these delicacies.
If you go along to Hamptonne Museum when it reopens you should be able to indulge in Jersey's old recipes. ?
I used to make fresh Jersey Food daily, but I don't know if they still do?
Jersey Bean Crock with Cabbage Loaf.
Fresh Conger Soup with Marigolds & Cabbage Bread.
I used to make Fresh Jersey Wonders ?
And A Fresh Baked Jersey Ham Stuffed with cloves and topped with Honey Glaze finish.
On Thick Sliced Cabbage Bread with Jersey Butter MMM!!
Bread was Made on Site in the old bakery.
I used to send my Customers off into the Orchard for Picnics,
with an Hamper Pack & Blanket supplied from Cafe?
Enjoy.

Authors Comment:
If Things Don't Change, They Stay As They Are.

Haggis

I will say that Bean Crock is one of the best things about Jersey (although i would like the place if "the crock" didn't exist)...

Race nights at Rozel Rovers - all the auld members making Bean Crock, washed down with copious amounts of beer.....my mouths watering just writing about it!

Need to learn to make the thing though!

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