Green Corn Soup

Ingredients

• at least a pint of corn
• a quart of sweet milk
• a teaspoonful of salt
• a piece of butter the size of a hen's-egg
• pepper to suit your taste

Method

1. 1

   Cut corn from the cob and cover with sweet milk.

2. 2

   Boil for half an hour, add salt, skim, then add butter and pepper.

3. 3

   Serve with rolls or toasted bread.

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GREBN CORN SOUP. VEEY DELICATE. Cut corn f rom the cob until you hâve at least a pint ; cover it with a quart of sweet milk. Let it boil half an hour, add a teaspoonful of sait, skim it carefully, then throw into it a pièce of butter the size of a hen^s-egg and pepper to suit your taste

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