Oyster Chowder

Ingredients

• One quart of oysters.
• Six potatoes.
• One and a-half pint of milk.
• Three pilot or sea biscuits.
• One table-spoonful of flour.
• One table-spoonful of butter.
• One onion.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Method

1. 1

   Drain the oysters and remove any shell particles.

2. 2

   Boil sliced potatoes and onion in oyster liquor until tender.

3. 3

   Mix flour with milk, add to scalding milk with butter, salt, and pepper.

4. 4

   Cook for a minute, add oysters, boil for two minutes, then combine with potatoes and onion.

5. 5

   Serve over biscuits.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OYSTER CHOWDER. One quart of oysters. Six potatoes. • One and a-half pint of milk. Three pilot^or sea biscuits. One table-spoonful of flour. One table-spoonful of butter. One onion. Salt and pepper to taste.

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.