{"id":5934,"slug":"hare-soup-uncle-sam-2","title":"Hare soup, Uncle Sam.","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["a large Belgian hare","two sliced onions","one carrot","one stalk of leek","one-half stalk of celery","a few pepper berries","two cloves","three bay leaves","two sprigs of thyme","three ounces of butter","salt","pepper","three spoonfuls of flour","two gallons of water","a little salt","one pound of lentils","one glassful of sherry wine","Cayenne pepper"],"ingredients_norm":["belgian hare","onion","carrot","leek","celery","few pepper berry","clove","bay leaf","thyme","butter","salt","pepper","flour","water","little salt","lentil","glassful of sherry wine","cayenne pepper"],"steps":["Cut the saddle and hind legs from a large Belgian hare, and put the remainder in a roasting pan with the vegetables, herbs, and butter.","Season with salt and pepper, and put in oven and roast until done.","Sprinkle with three spoonfuls of flour, and roast again until the flour is brown.","Put in a casserole with two gallons of water and a little salt and one pound of lentils, and boil for four hours.","Force all that is possible through a fine sieve.","Roast the legs and saddle of the hare, and cut the meat in half-inch squares.","Put the strained soup back in the casserole, bring to a boil, add the cut-up hare meat and one glassful of sherry wine, and season if necessary with salt and Cayenne pepper."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w108:0","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"7ccb5bd5cba99723a098da0d64ee7890e5ab95a9f47815a9a1583f49795ebda4","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:47:53Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/hare-soup-uncle-sam-2"}