Fried Oysters

Ingredients

• Take large-sized oysters
• sprinkle with salt
• sprinkle with pepper
• cool for twenty minutes
• roll each one separately in bread crumbs
• in between eggs
• and milk
• season with butter
• any acid sauce

Method

1. 1

   Drain oysters, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cool for twenty minutes.

2. 2

   Roll each in bread crumbs, then in eggs and milk, season again, and mix with bread crumbs.

3. 3

   Fry in boiling hot lard until brown.

4. 4

   Serve immediately.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New York receipt book (1882) by D.B. Dewey & Co, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fried Oysters. — Take large-sized; drain; sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cool for twenty minutes. Then roll each one separately in bread crumbs; then in between eggs and milk; then again season and again mix with bread crumbs. Put into boiling hot lard. Remove and serve as soon as brown. Season with butter, salt, pepper, and any acid sauce

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