Sour Stew

 Ingredients

Four Lemons

One teaspoon of flour

One tablespoon of butter

One sliced onion

One fish of any sorts cut to 1 inch thick

Six eggs

Directions

Sauce

1. Mix eggs, lemon, and flour together.
2. Place to the side until later.

Stew

1. Put butter and sliced onion in sauce pan
2. Let pan come to a simmer
3. Put in fish 
4. Add more boiling water until fish is covered
5. Cook until fish is done
6. Let stew cool and then add sauce

— Caroline Walmsley.

Source —  Creole Cookery Book.

                                                                       Prepared by Colby W. Bass

                                                                       Louisiana Anthology

                                                                       June 9, 2019