Creamed Oysters

Ingredients

• Oysters, 3 dozen
• Butter, 2 tablespoons
• Milk, iy2 cups
• Salt, 1/^ teaspoon
• Flour, 2 tablespoons
• White pepper, i^ teaspoon
• Lemon-juice, 1 teaspoon
• Nutmeg, mace

Method

1. 1

   In the upper dish, melt the butter, add salt, pepper, and flour.

2. 2

   Stir until blended, then gradually stir in the milk until thick and smooth.

3. 3

   Add nutmeg or mace, lemon juice, and rinsed oysters.

4. 4

   Cover and stir occasionally until oysters are plump.

5. 5

   Extinguish the lamp as soon as oysters swell to avoid overcooking.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 68. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lemon-juice, 1 teaspoon. Place the upper dish, or blazer, directly over the light-lamp ; drop in the butter, cut in bits, the salt, and the paprika, or white pepper, and the tiny pinch of mace. Then add the prepared oysters. Cover, and cook until the oysters are plump, and slightly ruffled, uncovering every half minute to stir. Slip the lower pan, half filled with hot water, underneath, and add a teaspoon of lemon-juice, and serve on small thin squares of toast. CURRIED OYSTERS Oysters, 1 quart, Curry powder, 1 teaspoon, Flour, 1 tablespoon. Butter, 1 tablespoon, Salt and pepper. Cook the oysters over a slow fire, in their own juice ; if this is not sufficient to cook add a little water. Add salt and pepper, butter and curry powder. 198 AROUND-THE-WORLD COOK BOOK CHAFING-DISH RECEIPTS When the oysters are firm, moisten the flour with water to make a paste, and thicken the liquor. It must be watched carefully, and stirred thoroughly, after adding the flour and water. CREAMED OYSTERS Oysters, 3 dozen, Butter, 2 tablespoons, Milk, iy2 cups, Salt, 1/^ teaspoon. Flour, 2 tablespoons. White pepper, i^ teaspoon. Lemon- juice, 1 teaspoon. Nutmeg, mace

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