Mock Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• one quart of canned tomatoes
• cayenne pepper
• salt
• a half teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda
• a quart of milk
• two crackers rolled fine
• two ounces of butter

Method

1. 1

   Mash the tomatoes through a colander and boil them for about twenty minutes.

2. 2

   Season well with cayenne pepper and salt.

3. 3

   While the tomatoes are boiling add the bicarbonate of soda and let it ferment.

4. 4

   Pour in the milk and add the rolled crackers and butter.

5. 5

   Let it boil and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Manual for army cooks (1896) by United States. War Dept. Subsistence Dept., page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MOCK OYSTER SOUP. Mash one quart of canned tomatoes through a colander and boil them for about twenty minutes. Season well with cayenne pep])er and salt. While the tomatoes are boiling add a half teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda and let it ferment. Pour in a ([uart of milk and add two crackers rolled fine and two ounces of butter

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