oysters, reserve liquor, and heat it to boiling-point; strain through double cheesecloth, add oysters, and cook until oysters are plump and edges begin to curl. Remove oysters with skimmer, and put in tureen with butter, salt, and pepper. Add oyster liquor strained a second time, and milk. Serve with oyster crackers.
Scallop Stew
Make same as Oyster Stew, using one quart scallops in place of oysters.
Oyster Soup
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
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.
French Oyster Soup
1 quart oysters
4 cups milk
1 slice onion
2 blades mace
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup flour
Yolks 2 eggs
Salt and pepper
Make same as Oyster Soup, adding yolks of eggs, slightly beaten, just before serving. Garnish with Fish Quenelles.
Oyster Soup, Amsterdam Style
1 quart oysters
Water
3 tablespoons butter
3-1/2 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Paprika
Celery salt
1 cup cream
Clean, pick over, chop, and parboil oysters; drain and add to liquor enough water to make one quart liquid. Brown butter, add flour, and pour on gradually, while stir-
