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Oyster Soup
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Oyster Soup

10 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

846
Calories
32g
Protein
24g
Fat
125g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Oyster 6 medium (84g) 81
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 quart oysters
  • 4 cups milk
  • 1 slice onion
  • 2 stalks celery
  • 2 blades mace
  • Sprig of parsley
  • Bit of bay leaf
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • ⅓ cup flour
  • Salt and pepper

Directions

1

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 cheese-cloth, 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.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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