Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• 1 quart of oysters
• 1 quart of sweet milk
• large piece of butter
• salt and white pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Put oysters in colander and pour cold water over them.

2. 2

   In a stew pan, heat sweet milk to a boil.

3. 3

   Add oysters and cook until edges curl.

4. 4

   Just before removing from fire, add butter, salt, and white pepper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Chapel Hill cook book (1935) by Presbyterian Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Woman's Auxiliary, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OYSTER SOUP Put 1 quart of oysters in colander and pour cold water over them. Put into a stew pan 1 quart of sweet milk and let it come to a boil. Then put in oysters and cook until edges curl. Just before removing from fire add large piece of butter, salt and white pepper to taste

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