Mock Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of salt codfish
• a quart of water
• six roots of salsify
• a pint of milk
• a level teaspoonful of salt
• a saltspoonful of pepper
• two level tablespoonfuls of butter
• three of flour

Method

1. 1

   Wash a quarter of a pound of salt codfish; simmer gently for thirty minutes with a quart of water; and six roots of salsify that have been scraped and cut into slices.

2. 2

   Remove the codfish; add a pint of milk, a level teaspoonful of salt, a saltspoonful of pepper and two level tablespoonfuls of butter rubbed with three of flour.

3. 3

   Stir the mixture until it reaches the boiling point, and serve with oyster crackers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from My best 250 recipes (1907) by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MOCK OYSTER SOUP Wash a quarter of a pound of salt codfish; simmer gently for thirty minutes with a quart My Best 250 Recipes 9 of water; and six roots of salsify that have been scraped and cut into slices. Remove the codfish; add a pint of milk, a level teaspoonful of salt, a saltspoonful of pepper and two level tablespoon- fuls of butter rubbed with three of flour

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