Oyster Rarebit

Ingredients

• One pint oysters
• three tablespoons butter
• one cup oyster liquor
• one-third cup bread crumbs
• salt
• paprika
• mustard
• cayenne
• six slices buttered toast
• one saltspoon soda
• one cup grated cheese

Method

1. 1

   Drain oysters from liquor, wash and remove head, muscle, and mince them; mix with well-beaten eggs.

2. 2

   Melt butter in double boiler and mix in cheese and seasoning.

3. 3

   As these begin to soften add strained oyster liquor and bread crumbs and stir.

4. 4

   Cook until thoroughly heated; now stir in eggs and oysters and stir constantly over boiling water until eggs thicken.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Landmarks club cook book (1903) by The Landmarks club, Los Angeles, Calif., page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OYSTER RAREBIT. One pint oysters, three tablespoons butter, one cup oyster liquor, one-third cup bread crumbs, salt, paprika, mustard, cayenne, six slices buttered toast or zephyrettes, one saltspoon soda, one cup grated cheese

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