Oyster Soup Recipe 2 ingredients

• 1 quart oysters
• 4 cups milk
• 1 slice onion
• 2 stalks celery
• 2 blades mace
• Sprig of parsley
• Bit of bay leaf
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/3 cup flour
• Salt and pepper

To prepare this Oyster Soup Recipe 2, first clean and pick over oysters as for Oyster Stew; reserve liquor, add oysters slightly chopped, heat slowly to boiling-point, and let simmer twenty minutes. Strain through cheesecloth, reheat liquor, and thicken with butter and flour cooked together. Scald milk with onion, celery, mace, parsley, and bay leaf; remove seasonings, and add to oyster liquor. Season with salt and pepper.