Angels on Horseback

Ingredients

• fine oysters
• slices of thin bacon

Method

1. 1

   Remove shell bits from oysters, lay on a towel.

2. 2

   Cut bacon slices the size of oysters.

3. 3

   Alternate on skewers, dust with cayenne, broil over quick fire until bacon crisps.

4. 4

   Serve on a hot dish garnished with lemon and parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Breakfasts and teas (1907) by Paul Pierce, page 2. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Angels on Horseback Chicken Patties Newberg Lobster Green Peas with New Turnips Grape Fruit Sherbet Broiled Birds with Orange Salad White Custards Cannelons with Jelly Strawberries in Cream Black Coffee For a simple repast for a few persons, two relishes may be omitted, only one entree being served ; then the sherbet, the birds, and one desert, with coffee; this combination would make a most acceptable small breakfast. Blue Point Oysters, as all small oysters are called, may be used in their season, in place of the clams. Both are of much dietetic value, the clams being the most stimulating and nutritious, and the oysters the most tonic and digestible. The cold wine soup is a valuable tonic nutrient ; and each dish possesses some special value of its own. Cold Wine Soup. Wash quarter of a pound of fine sago in cold water, put it over the fire in two quarts of cold water, and boil IO Breakfasts and Teas it gently until the grains are transparent; then dissolve with it half a pound of fine sugar, add a very little grated nutmeg, a dust of cayenne, and an even tea- spoonful of salt ; when the sugar is melted add a bottle of claret, and as much cold water as is required to make the soup of an agreeable creamy consistency; cool it before serving. Angels on Horseback. This is one of the gastronomic inspirations of Urbain Dubois, the chef of the great Emperor of Germany. Remove all bits of shell from fine oysters and lay them upon a clean towel ; cut as many slices of thin bacon

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