Oyster Bisque
2 cups White Stock III 1½ cups stale bread crumbs 1 slice onion 2 stalks celery Sprig of parsley Bit of bay leaf 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 4 cups scalded milk
The book that taught America to measure. Fannie Farmer's 1896 classic replaced the pinch, the lump and the teacup of the old receipts with the level cup and the level spoon — and then filled eight hundred pages with what to do next.
2 cups White Stock III 1½ cups stale bread crumbs 1 slice onion 2 stalks celery Sprig of parsley Bit of bay leaf 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 4 cups scalded milk