Servings: 6

1 lb. mutton neck (inc. bones) 1 lb. mutton neck (inc. bones)
1 medium carrot 1 medium carrot
½ small turnip (finely chopped) ½ small turnip (finely chopped)
½ small onion (finely chopped) ½ small onion (finely chopped)
2 stalks celery (finely chopped) 2 stalks celery (finely chopped)
1 tbsp. minced, fresh parsley 1 tbsp. minced, fresh parsley
5 c. water 5 c. water
½ c. barley ½ c. barley
1 tbsp. butter (softened) 1 tbsp. butter (softened)
1 tbsp. flour 1 tbsp. flour
½ tsp. salt ½ tsp. salt

Cut meat from bones & remove fat; then cut meat into small pieces.
Put meat, turnip, onion, celery, & parsley into kettle' cover with 3-c. hot water.
Place bones into second kettle & cover with 2-c. hot water.
Bring both kettles to simmer, adding barley to pot containing meat as soon as it starts to simmer.
Simmer both kettles for 1½-hrs., replenishing, if necessary, with more water.
Strain liquid from bones over meat.
Blend flour with butter & stir into soup to thicken.
Season with salt.

SOURCE: Donegal Cookbook (1971 ed.) (The cookbook was published on the 250th anniversary of Donegal Presbyterian Church, Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The inscription in my copy indicates that Polly gave it to Hazel in January, 1972. Hazel would have been Hazel Brown, Hubby's maternal step-grandmother. She and her friend Polly [Hubby can't remember Polly's last name] lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico in the 1960s and '70s. There is no family history tying Hazel to Amish Country.)  SOURCE: Donegal Cookbook (1971 ed.) (The cookbook was published on the 250th anniversary of Donegal Presbyterian Church, Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The inscription in my copy indicates that Polly gave it to Hazel in January, 1972. Hazel would have been Hazel Brown, Hubby's maternal step-grandmother. She and her friend Polly [Hubby can't remember Polly's last name] lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico in the 1960s and '70s. There is no family history tying Hazel to Amish Country.)