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Anna Rose's Creamy Crab Soup

A creamy crab soup made with jumbo lump crab meat, half 'n' half and Old Bay.

• 1 stick butter
• 1 quart half and half milk
• 2 heaping tablespoons chopped celery
• a few celery leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon white pepper (or black)
• 8 drops Tabasco sauce
• 2 tablespoons flour
• ½ cup milk
• 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
• Old Bay seasoning

Heat together first 7 ingredients. Do not boil. Mix flour with milk and stir in. Add crab meat and Old Bay to taste. Cook and stir over low heat for about 15 minutes.

Yields 8 cups.