Scallop Soup

Ingredients

• 1 quart scallops
• 2 tablespoons minced onion
• 3 tablespoons pork fat
• 1 pint water
• 1 quart rich milk
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons butter
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons minced parsley

Instructions

1. Wash scallops and chop fine. Cook onion in pork fat until it begins to turn yellow, add water and scallops, and simmer twenty minutes. Heat milk in double boiler, add flour which has been mixed smoothly with butter, and cook until thickened. Combine mixtures, add seasonings, and sprinkle with parsley. Servings, 7.