Oyster Cocktail
From Books and My Food: With Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every .., 1904
Avoid adding horseradish for a smoother flavor.
Presented as published in 1904. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Books and My Food: With Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every .. (1904) by Elisabeth Luther Cary, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
yster cock- tail. The "sauces, peppers, and so forth," are frequently overdone, how- ever, a simple mixture bringing out the flavor of the oyster instead of destroy- ing it. The following is acceptable to a moderately initiated palate: To six oysters add the juice of half a lemon, two drops of tabasco-sauce, two teaspoonfuls of home-made catsup, 17 and the oyster- juice
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