Oyster Salad Variation I

Ingredients

• 1 qt. of oysters
• 4 heads of celery
• 4 eggs
• 5^ cup of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of dry mustard
• 1 of corn starch
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 1 cup of vinegar
• a speck of cayenne
• 5^ cup of thick, sweet cream

Method

1. 1

   Steam oysters until plump, cool in cold water, and cut in halves.

2. 2

   Sprinkle with salt and mix with celery.

3. 3

   For dressing, beat eggs, add sugar, mustard, corn starch mixed with cold water, and butter.

4. 4

   Slowly add vinegar to prevent curdling, cook until thick, then add cream when cold.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 325. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 qt. of oysters until plump, then throw in cold water and cut into halves. Sprinkle with salt, and mix with 4 heads of celery, cut in pieces. For the dressing: Beat 4 eggs to a cream, add 5^ cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon of dry mustard, and 1 of corn starch, made smooth in a little cold water, 1 table- spoon of butter, then add very slowly to prevent curdling, 1 cup of vinegar, a speck of cayenne; cook over steam till thick, stirring all the time; when cold add 5^ cup of thick, sweet cream. — Eloise Jen- nings, Winnetka, 111. VARIATION II. — Let 1 qt. of oysters come to a boil in their own liquor, plunge into cold water for a moment to make them plump and white, skim out and drain well, season them with 1 table- spoon of salad oil, mixed with 1 tablespoon of butter

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