Catfish Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 bacon strips
1 large onion, sliced
1 catfish, cut into chunks
minced parsley
salt and pepper to taste
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
2 Tbsp. flour
1 c. milk
4 egg yolks

Preparation

Fry the bacon until crisp, remove and drain on a paper towel. Saute onion in the fat.
In a cooking pot, cover the fish with water; add parsley, salt and pepper.
Simmer until fish pieces are tender.
Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour and cook for about 1 minute.
Remove this from heat, stir in the milk and add this to the fish soup.
Beat the egg yolks and add 2 tablespoons hot liquid to them and stir into the soup.
Simmer a few minutes, add the bacon and serve.