Mrs. Coolidge's Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• One pint of oysters
• One pint of water
• Three soft crackers
• One pint of milk
• Butter
• Mace
• Pepper
• One small onion
• Celery(optional)

Directions

1. Strain the liquor from the 1 pint of oysters into a saucepan.
2. Finely pound the 3 soft crackers.
3. Add the soft crackers to the sauce pan along with 1 pint of milk and 1 pint of water.
4. Add butter the size of an egg along with a little pepper, mace, a small onion and celery chopped fine, if you have it.
5. Boil all together for a few minutes.
6. Add the strained oysters and let it boil up once.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Brandon Phillips
Louisiana Anthology
September 25, 2022