The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
January 5th : OYSTER SOUP
Get four pounds of skate, boil it down over slow fire, with abundance of water, till you have the quantity you require to fill a tureen. When you have made this consommé, add salt, spice, & c ., to your taste, and twenty minutes before serving throw in three dozen oysters, with their liquor strained as before directed.