Oyster Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. sweet milk
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 Tbsp. margarine
1 slice bacon
1 stalk celery
1 pt. oysters
salt and pepper

Preparation

Put milk into double boiler.
Rub together the cornstarch and margarine and stir into the hot milk, adding the bacon and celery. Let come to a boil.
Pour a few drops of lemon juice over the oysters and bring them to a boiling point in their own liquor. Drain and (if they should curdle, wash them in a little cold water).
Turn at once into the milk.
Season with salt and pepper; remove the bacon and celery.
Pour over broken crackers into a hot tureen or soup plates and serve immediately.
Yields 6 servings.