Lobster Bisque Recipe 1 ingredients

• 1 can lobster
• 1 cupful breadcrumbs
• 1 quart milk
• 1 quart water
• 1 tablespoonful flour
• ¼ cupful Crisco
• Salt, pepper, red pepper, and grated nutmeg to taste
• Squares fried bread
• Thin lemon slices

To prepare this Lobster Bisque Recipe 1, first open a can of lobster of good quality, take out best pieces and cut into small squares without tearing; put them aside. Place remains of lobster in mortar or basin, and pound quite smooth with Crisco. Soak bread in water, adding flour, and seasonings, and put all on fire in soup pot with pounded lobster and Crisco; stir till it boils, and boil for fifteen minutes; then pass it through sieve, add milk and pieces of lobster, and return to the pot till it boils up. Serve with small squares of fried bread, and send thin slices of lemon to table with it. This is an excellent soup, and can of course be made with fresh lobster.