Escalloped Oysters

Ingredients

• 1 quart of oysters
• stale bread crumbs
• half oyster liquor
• half milk
• plenty of butter
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Drain liquor from oysters and remove all bits of shell.

2. 2

   Butter a deep dish, cover the bottom with bread crumbs, layer oysters, season with salt, pepper, and butter.

3. 3

   Repeat until full, finishing with bread crumbs and butter.

4. 4

   Pour over enough oyster liquor and milk to moisten without making it soupy.

5. 5

   Bake in a hot oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Raleigh recipe book (1925) by Christ Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Ladies, page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ESCALLOPED OYSTERS Drain liquor from 1 quart of oysters and carefully remove all bits of shell. Butter a deep dish or pan, cover the bottom with stale bread crumbs'. Put in a layer ef oysters, season with salt and pepper and plenty of butter. Repeat this until the dish is full, finishing with bread crumbs and butter. Pour over the whole half and half oyster liquor and milk, being careful to use just enough to moisten the mixture suffi- ciently without making it too soupy. Bake in hot oven. PICKLED OYSTERS Strain the liquor and boil with a little salt, red pepper and mace. While boiling put in the oysters, let them boil until plump, take out and put in a. jar. Pour into the liquor a pint of good vinegar to two quart of oysters. Let the vinegar and liquor boil, then pour on the oysters. Serve when cold. Mrs. W. a. Erwin. 23 STEWED OYSTERS No. 1 Pour liquor irom one quart of oysters into sauce pan. Let come to a boil, drop in well washed and drained oysters. When gills begin to curl add ^4 pint of milk, and salt and pepper to taste. Have butter size of an egg melted and pour into oysters. Mks. Alfred Williams. STEWED OYSTERS No. 2 1 quart oysters 1 cup grated stale bread crumbs 1 pint milk Salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon butter Wash oysters thoroughly. Put oysters and butter on stove until they begin to boil, add cold milk and bread crumbs and cook for twenty minutes, stirring often. Mrs. Allen G. Rogers. OYSTER COCKTAILS Put into a champagne tumbler 2 tablespoons of catsup, 1 tablespoon chili sauce, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon vinegar, V2 teaspoon grated horseradish, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, 3 drops of tabasco sauce, salt to taste

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