Oyster-Plant with Cream

Ingredients

• Scrape a bunch of tender oyster-plant
• add a tablespoonful of butter
• cream enough to cover it
• seasoning of salt
• seasoning of white pepper

Method

1. 1

   Scrape a bunch of tender oyster-plant, putting the roots, as they are scraped, in cold water to which a little vinegar has been added; cut the oyster-plant in pieces, put it over the fire in salted boiling water, and boil it for about twenty minutes, or until it is tender; then drain it; add a tablespoonful of butter, cream enough to cover it, and a palatable seasoning of salt and white pepper.

2. 2

   Serve it as soon as the cream is hot.

3. 3

   The cream may be omitted if desired.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Corson's practical American cookery and household management (1885) by Juliet Corson, page 221. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OYSTER-PLANT WITH CREAM. Scrape a bunch of tender oyster-plant, putting the roots, as they are scraped, in cold water to which a little vinegar has been added ; cut the oyster-plant in pieces, put it over the fire in salted boiling water, and boil it for about twenty minutes, or until it is tender; then drain ii; add a table- spoonful of butter, cream enough to cover it, and a palatable 408 PRACTICAL AMERICAN COOKERY. seasoning of salt

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