Fricasseed Oysters

Ingredients

• a quart of oysters
• a piece of butter as large as an egg
• a teaspoonful of flour
• one egg
• a teaspoonful of milk

Method

1. 1

   Drain off the water from the oysters.

2. 2

   In a frying pan, heat the butter, then add the oysters.

3. 3

   Once they begin to cook, mix flour with another piece of butter, let it cook briefly, then add the beaten egg mixed with milk.

4. 4

   Cook a moment more and pour over toasted bread.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fricasseed Oysters. Take a quart of oysters, drain off the water, put into a frying pan a piece of butter as large as an egg; when hot put in the oysters. As soon as they begin to cook mix a teaspoonful of flour with another piece of butter, let it cook a moment, then add one egg beaten with a teaspoonful of milk

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