Haitian Garlic Soup

Ingredients

• 12 to 18 cloves garlic
• 1 c. olive oil
• sprig of thyme
• 1 egg
• 11/2 qt. water or broth
• salt and pepper
• stale bread
• dash vinegar

Procedures

1. Boil garlic and thyme 20 minutes in water or broth.
2. Beat egg at high speed adding oil in a slow steady stream.
3. Add this mixture to soup, heating it first gradually with tablespoons of hot soup.
4. Add vinegar. Pour into plates over slices of stale or oven-dried bread.