Fried Oysters and Onions

Ingredients

• two tablespoons of butter
• a pint of white onions
• a quart of oysters
• a dust of cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Heat fat in a frying-kettle.

2. 2

   Fry sliced onions until golden, then drain.

3. 3

   Remove shell bits from oysters, fry in butter until edges curl, and serve on toast with fried onions.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Home dissertations (1891) by Tilton, E. Stevens Mrs., page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRIED OYSTERS AND ONIONS. Have ready over the fire a frying-kettle half full of fat, heating, and a large frying-pan containing two tablespoons of butter and a dust of cayenne ; peel and slice a pint of white onions, and when the fat is hot drop in a few of the onions at the time, and fry them like Saratoga potatoes, taking them out of the fat with a skimmer and putting them in a colander to drain ; meantime carefully remove all bits of shell from a quart of oysters

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