The directions printed on each packet of Nelson's Beef, Pea, and
Vegetable Soup produce a satisfactory soup, but even this may be
improved by the addition of the contents of a tin of Nelson's Extract of
Meat and a handful of freshly-gathered peas. It is perhaps not generally
known that pea-pods, usually thrown away as useless, impart a most
delicious flavour to soup if boiled fast for two or three hours in a
large saucepan, strained, and the liquor added to the soup, stock, or
beef tea.