THICK SEAFOOD SOUP

This is one of our favorite soups.  It is not so WLS friendly, but can be adjusted.  Thought you all might enjoy the directions anyway!! 

THICK SEAFOOD SOUP                                                                           

1 pt. fresh shucked oysters	1T. Salt
1 pt. fresh shucked minced clams	1 stick butter or "marga-reen"
2 oz. sherry (if you can't drink it don't cook with it)	2 med. onions, minced
3 medium lobster tails	4 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 tsp. Parsley	6 oz. orange juice
1 c. cornstarch	8 oz. bourbon
1 tsp. black pepper	6 tsp. Sugar
3 qt. Milk	2 1 qt. jars
1 lb. fresh crab meat	1 big pot (2 gal. or more)
1-16 oz. can white creamed corn

  Now - sure you have everything? Melt "marga-reen" in a big pot, add onions. Meanwhile heat oyster in their juice in a separate pot (need a lot 0' pots) 'til they curl. If clams are fresh, do the same to them; If they are canned, add to onion and "marga-reen" Boil lobster tails about 20 minutes. While oysters are heating, put lemon and orange juice, sugar and bourbon in one of the quart jars, add some ice and shake well. It takes a while to fix this soup and you and your friends need a boost now and then and this juice and stuff makes a good one. Pour a reason- able amount in a cheese or jelly glass and sample. By now the oysters are ready. Strain the oyster juice into big pot and cut the cooked oysters into little bits and dump in - don't forget about your glass of juice. Add crabmeat, salt, pepper, and parsley. When lobsters are cooked, cut up and add. Cook everything for about two jelly glasses worth, then add in creamed corn and stir' got to keep stirring. About 1/2 jelly glass later, dump in 1/2 gallon milk. Now for the other quart jar. Mix cup cornstarch in jar and fill with milk and shake real good. Dump into big pot and add rest of leftover milk. Stir for another 1/2 jelly glass. then add in sherry and about 1/2 teaspoon more salt. By now the first quart jar may need refixing. Keep stirring and cook over low heat. Soup will be thicker than gravy. It's better the second day.

This sounds heavenly!! My surgery date is in Jan so I can make this now!!  Other than the corn, I don't see that much wrong with it for afterwards either...other than the booze but it does cook off...This sounds like a wonderful cold weather meal for a seafood lover! Thanks!!

Sherry

Sherry, You need to read the recipe again.  The booze, the orange juice and the sugar do not go in the soup!!!  LOL.