Oysters Force-meat

Ingredients

• Get very fresh oysters
• Grate bread enough to fill half a pint
• and 1 ozs. of finely shred suet or butter
• a good flavoring of herbs
• a seasoning of salt
• pepper
• and grated nutmeg
• Bind with two well-beaten eggs

Method

1. 1

   Cut oysters into quarters.

2. 2

   Mix with grated bread, suet or butter, herbs, and seasonings.

3. 3

   Bind with beaten eggs.

4. 4

   Use for boiled or roast turkey or make into balls for garnish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 173. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oysters, Force-meat of. — Get very fresh oysters, and cut them into quar- ters. Grate bread enough to fill half a pint, and I ozs. of finely shred suet or butter, which should be broken into bits. Mix all these ingredients to- gether with a good flavoring of herbs, a seasoning of salt, pepper, and grated nutmeg. Bind with two well-beaten eggs

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