Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• y 2 gal. oysters (well drained)
• >£ gal. fresh milk
• 1 teaspoonful onion (chopped very fine)
• J4 lb. butter rolled in 1 tablespoonful of flour
• salt to taste
• red pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Heat milk until very hot, then add butter and flour mixture.

2. 2

   Stir continuously and add oysters.

3. 3

   Cook until oysters curl up.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Rare old receipts (1906) by Jacqueline Harrison Smith, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

salt to taste. Rub the lard and flour together, mixing thoroughly; then add cold water by degrees until it is a stiff dough. Beat on a heavy wooden block, with iron pestle, until the dough is full of blisters. Make out in little cakes. Prick with a silver fork. Bake in a moderate oven. POTATO PUDDING. Anna Maria Hemsley Emory, " Poplar Grove," Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1780. Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, iYz lbs. hot mashed Irish potatoes, 1 lb. granulated sugar, J4 lb. butter, 5 eggs (leaving out whites of two), 1 teacup sherry, 1 nut- meg (grated). Beat eggs very light, then add the sugar. Mix butter with potatoes, while the latter are hot, and gradually add the sugar and the eggs; then the seasoning. Bake in open paste. BALTIMORE GINGER SNAPS. Mrs. De Courcey May of Baltimore. Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, Philadelphia, Pa. 1 qt. of molasses, 8 tablespoonfuls of ginger, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 1 cupful of milk, y 2 lb. of butter, J4 lb of lard, %. lb. of brown sugar, 1 saltspoonful of salt. Flour sufficient to make a dough to roll out, and cut into very thin cakes. Bake in a moderately hot oven. The pan need not be greased. l 4 RARE OLD RECEIPTS MINCE MEAT. Anna Maria Hemsley Emory of " Poplar Grove," East Shore of Maryland, 1780. Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, Philadelphia, Pa. xy 2 pts. lean beef (finely chopped), 1 pt. apples (chopped fine), 1 pt. clean suet (chopped fine), 2 pts. currants, 2 pts. raisins (seed- less), 1 lb. citron (cut in shreds), 1 teaspoon allspice, 1 teaspoonful mace (powdered), J4 teaspoonful cloves, 1 large nutmeg (grated), 2 pts. brandy, 2 pts. Madiera to begin with. As the mince meat dries, add more. OYSTER SOUP. Mariana Emory Robinson, " Waverly-on-Chester," Eastern Shore of Maryland. Contributed by Sally Robinson Hance, Mrs. Anthony M. Hance, Philadelphia, Pa. y 2 gal. oysters (well drained), >£ gal. fresh milk, 1 teaspoonful onion (chopped very fine), J4 lb. butter rolled in 1 tablespoonful of flour, salt and red pepper to taste

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