This takes off the rankness.

Drain off the onions, and chop them up and boil them till they are tender in some milk that has been seasoned with pepper and salt and a pinch of savoury herbs.

Take a small quantity of celery, carrot and turnip, or carrot and turnip and a little bruised celery seed, and boil till they are tender in a very little water; rub through a wire sieve, and add the pulp to the soup.

The soup can be thickened with white roux, ground rice, or one or two eggs beaten up.

The soup must be added to the eggs gradually or they will curdle.
ONION SOUP, BROWN .-- Take an onion, carrot, celery, and turnip, and let them boil till quite tender in some water or stock.