FoodNet

Fried Oysters

From The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book, 1901

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from The standard book of recipes and housewife's guide, comprising as complete cook book (1901) by Johnson, Alice A.,, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fried Oysters. — Remove all bits of shell from oysters, lay them on a dean clolli, and pat them gently to dry tlieni. Shake salt and pepper over them. Beat an ^'ggy and stir 379 12 THE MODEL COOK BOOK into it one tablespoonful cold water or milk. Sprinkle some fine crumbs with salt and pepper. Dip the oysters in the crumbs, then in the beaten ^%z, and again in the crumbs, covering them over each time. Fry them in deep, hot fat,

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.