Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• one pint of milk
• one pint and a quarter of water
• five soda crackers rolled very fine
• one rather heaping teaspoon of salt
• one tablespoon of butter
• a dash of pepper
• oysters

Method

1. 1

   Pour the oysters into a colander and set over a pan to drain.

2. 2

   Look over the oysters to see that there are no shells.

3. 3

   In a kettle, combine milk and water, add crushed soda crackers, salt, and pepper.

4. 4

   Add the liquor from the oysters.

5. 5

   Stir occasionally until boiling, then add oysters.

6. 6

   Remove from heat when it boils again, add butter, and let stand for 10 minutes before serving over broken soda crackers.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

oysters to see that there are no shells with them. Put into a medium-sized granite preserving kettle one pint of milk and one pint and a quarter of water. To this add five soda crackers rolled very fine, one rather heaping teaspoon of salt, and a dash of pepper. Now add the liquor that was drained from the oysters. Set the kettle on the stove. Stir occasionally, and as soon as the milk boils up pour in the oysters, which will cool the milk. The moment it boils up again take at once from the fire, and set where it will keep hot without boiling. Add one tablespoon of butter

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