MACARONI SOUP

Ingredients
1/4 kg  small macaroni
2 litres water or vegetable stock
2/5 kg  onions or
1/2 kg  tomatoes.
Instructions

1. Break the macaroni into small pieces and add to the stock when nearly boiling.
2. Cook with the lid off the saucepan until the macaroni is swollen and very tender.(This will take about an hour.)
3. If onions are used for flavouring, steam separately [...]

BARLEY BROTH

Ingredients
1 carrot
1 turnip
4 leeks or 3 small onions
4 sprigs parsley
4 sticks celery
1 tea-cup pearl barley
3 litres of water. (The celery may be omitted if desired, or, when in season, 1 tea-cup green peas may be substituted.)
Instructions
1. Scrub clean (but do not peel) the carrot and turnip.
2. Wash celery, parsley, and barley.
3. Shred all the vegetables finely; [...]