Curried Oysters

Ingredients

• one pint oysters
• three tablespoons butter
• one-half tablespoon onion
• four tablespoons flour
• one and one-half teaspoons curry powder
• one-half teaspoon salt
• one-eighth teaspoon paprika
• one and one-half cups liquid (oyster liquor and milk)

Method

1. 1

   Clean oysters and cook until plump.

2. 2

   Drain and reserve liquor.

3. 3

   Cook butter with onion until yellow.

4. 4

   Add flour mixed with curry powder, salt, and paprika.

5. 5

   Gradually pour in oyster liquor and milk.

6. 6

   Add oysters and serve over toasted crackers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Chafing dish possibilities (1898) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Curried Oysters Clean one pint oysters and cook until plump. Drain, reserve liquor, and strain through cheese- cloth. Cook three tablespoons butter with one- half tablespoon onion until yellow. Add four tablespoons flour mixed with one and one-half teaspoons curry powder, one-half teaspoon salt, and one-eighth teaspoon paprika

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