Local Flavors: Chance's Country Store Cream of Crab Soup

Cream of Crab Soup

Ingredients

• 2 or 3 Tbsp. butter

• 1/2 c. chopped onion (very fine)

• 2 c. milk

• 2 c. half and half

• 1 c. chicken broth

• dash of parsley

• salt and pepper

• pinch of mace

• 1 lb. crabmeat

• 2 tablespoons flour

Instructions

Saute onion in butter. Add flour; add milk. Add chicken broth and half and half, combine. Simmer a little. Stir briskly; add parsley, pepper, mace and crabmeat. Heat thoroughly.

John and Marie Chance bought the country store in Tanyard in 1972 and served good food and great company until they retired in 2012. People in Preston still talk about Miss Marie’s sweet tea, which could not be recreated outside the store, even by Miss Marie. John Chance passed away in 2014, but Miss Marie still lives in Tanyard. Here, she shares her cream of crab soup recipe. Consider adding Old Bay to taste.

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