Escalloped Oysters

Ingredients

• 1 qt. of oysters
• 3 cupfuls of hot milk
• Use crushed cracker crumbs—not too fine.

Method

1. 1

   Drain liquor from oysters.

2. 2

   Butter a deep dish and cover the bottom with crackers.

3. 3

   Put in a layer of oysters, then a layer of crackers, then oysters; season as before and so on until the dish is full.

4. 4

   Finish with crackers covered with bits of butter.

5. 5

   Bake about one half hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Carolina cookery from Quaker kitchens (1924) by High Point Friends Meeting. Woman's Auxiliary, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ESCALLOPED OYSTERS Use crushed cracker crumbs—not too fine. Drain liquor from 1 qt. of oysters. Butter a deep dish and cover the bottom with crackers. Put in a layer of oysters, then a layer of crackers, then oysters; season as before and so on until the dish is full. Finish with crackers covered with bits of butter. Pour over all three cupfuls of hot milk.

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