Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• four cans of oysters
• twelve crackers
• two quarts of boiling water
• one pint of good rich milk
• about a quarter of a pound of butter

Method

1. 1

   Boil milk and water, add crushed crackers, salt, and pepper.

2. 2

   Boil for a minute, add oysters, and let scald.

3. 3

   Stir in butter before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 74. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

four cans of oysters, have twelve crack- ers rolled fine, two quarts of boiling water, one pint of good rich milk. Let the milk and water come to a boil, add the crackers, salt and pepper, boil one minute briskly; pour in the * HOUSEHOLD. MS * oysters and let all come to a scald; add about a quarter of k pound of butter as they are poured into a tureen. Oyster Soup

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