Lowney's Cook Book / Illustrated in Colors

by Maria Willett Howard

Crab Bisque

• 4 boiled crabs
  3 cups milk
  ½ cup chopped onion
  2 tablespoons flour
  1 green pepper chopped
  2 tomatoes
  4 tablespoons butter
  salt, pepper and cayenne
  ½ cup croûtons

Melt butter; add onion and pepper, and cook five minutes; add flour; when well blended add tomatoes cut in pieces; cook two minutes; add scalded milk and crab meat; cook until heated through, season, pour over croûtons, and serve.