Mock Cooter Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. lean beef or ground meat
1 pt. sweet milk
1 Tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. mace
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 1/2 qt. water
1/4 lb. oleo
1/2 pt. cream
2 hard-boiled eggs, cut up in medium-size chunks

Preparation

Boil meat and water until one quart of liquid remains.
Add one pint of milk and 1/4 pound oleo.
Remove meat; allow to cool. Grind and return to stock.
Let it cook down a little more.
Add flour dissolved in cream.
Add seasoning.