Fried Oysters

Ingredients

• Wash oysters
• parboil in their own liquor
• dry between towels
• Dip in fine bread crumbs
• egg slightly beaten and diluted with one tablespoon milk
• then in crumbs again
• Fry in deep fat until well browned
• and drain on brown paper

Method

1. 1

   Wash oysters, parboil in their own liquor, and dry between towels.

2. 2

   Dip in fine bread crumbs, seasoned with salt and pepper, then in egg slightly beaten and diluted with milk, and again in crumbs.

3. 3

   Fry in deep fat until well browned, and drain on brown paper.

4. 4

   Serve with Southern Cole Slaw.

As published

This recipe was extracted from What to Have for Dinner (1905) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRIED OYSTERS. Wash oysters, parboil in their own liquor; and dry between towels. Dip in fine bread crumbs, seasoned with salt and pepper, egg slightly beaten and diluted with one tablespoon milk, then in crumbs again. Fry in deep fat until well browned, and drain on brown paper

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