Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• 100 oysters (shucked)
• 1 bottle liquor
• 2 quarts of water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 pint of rich milk or cream
• nutmeg 
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Rinse and strain oysters through a cullender
2. Set the liquor to a boil
3. Boil the oyster until all the scum rise to the top
4. Thrown in the rest of the ingredients and boil together
5. If the soup is too thin, stir in a little wheat flour before serving up

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Neil Russell Garica
Louisiana Anthology
July 30, 2019