Name: Clam Soup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 clams chopped fine; 1 cup of water; 1 piece of butter as large as an egg; 1 quart of milk boiling hot; 1 tablespoon of flour made to a cream with a little cold milk; 2 crackers rolled fine; 1 little mace and lemon juice in the seasoning

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Twenty-five clams chopped fine. Put over the fire the liquor that was drained from them, and a cup of water; add the chopped clams and boil half an hour; then season to taste with pepper and salt and a piece of butter as large as an egg; boil up again and add one quart of milk boiling hot, stir in a tablespoon of flour made to a cream with a little cold milk, or two crackers rolled fine. Some like a little mace and lemon juice in the seasoning.

5 clams chopped fine
1 cup of water
1 piece of butter as large as an egg
1 quart of milk boiling hot
1 tablespoon of flour made to a cream with a little cold milk
2 crackers rolled fine
1 little mace and lemon juice in the seasoning

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Twenty-five clams chopped fine.
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Put over the fire the liquor that was drained from them, and a cup of water; add the chopped clams and boil half an hour; then season to taste with pepper and salt and a piece of butter as large as an egg; boil up again and add one quart of milk boiling hot, stir in a tablespoon of flour made to a cream with a little cold milk, or two crackers rolled fine.
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Some like a little mace and lemon juice in the seasoning.

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