Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• One hundred oysters
• Two quarts of water
• One tablespoon of butter
• One pint of rich milk or cream
• Mace
• Nutmeg
• Salt and pepper (to taste)
• White flour (if needed, to thicken the soup to your liking)

Directions

1. Strain the oysters through a cullender, bring the mixture to a boil.
2. Once the scum from the oysters rises, remove it.
3. Add in the water, butter, rich milk or cream, mace, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste.
4. Bring the mixture to a boil.
5. Just before serving the dish, add in the oysters.
6. If the soup is too thin, add in the flour in order to thicken it to your liking.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Travis Shaw
Louisiana Anthology
May 9, 2020