Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• 100 oysters
• Liquor
• 2 quarts of water
• Tablespoon-full of butter
• 1 pint of rich milk or cream
• Pinch of mace
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Pinch of pepper
• Pinch of salt
• Wheat flour (optional)

Instructions

1. Take 100 oysters, strain them through a cullender and set the liquor to boil.
2. Add two quarts of water when the scum has risen and been taken off.
3. Add a tablespoon-full of butter, one pint of rich milk or cream, mace, nutmeg, pepper and salt.
4. Boil these ingredients together.
5. Just before serving, throw in the oysters.
6. If the soup is too thin, stir in a little wheat flour a few minutes before serving.