Halibut Soup
¾ cup cold boiled halibut
1 pint milk
1 slice onion
Blade of mace
3 tablespoons butter
1½ tablespoons flour
½ teaspoon salt
Few grains pepper
Rub fish through a sieve. Scald milk with onion and mace. Remove seasonings, and add fish. Bind with half the butter and flour cooked together. Add salt, pepper, and the remaining butter in small pieces.