Oysters in the Shell

Ingredients

• large shell oysters
• a bit of butter
• cayenne pepper
• teaspoon lemon juice
• fine bread-crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Wash shells clean, place in a hot oven for twenty minutes.

2. 2

   Do not remove top shell.

3. 3

   Season with butter, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.

4. 4

   Dredge with bread-crumbs, replace oysters, cover with more crumbs, and bake until lightly browned.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 507. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cayenne pepper and grated lemon rind. Add a small cup cream. Strew oread-crumbs over the top, and brown it in a pretty quick oven. Serve hot, with Piquant Sauce. Or have ready a third of a package macaroni, two dozen oysters, cup milk, an egg, table- spoon flour, pepper and salt; [put the macaroni in boiling salted water, boil twenty minutes and drain dry; butter the bottom of three-pint bakinff dish, put in half the macaroni^ strew oysters over it, and dot with butter, in small pieces, dredge with salt and pepper and cover with rest of macaroni ; moisten the flour with a Uttle milk, beat in the egg, then the rest of milk and oyster liquor, and pour in the dish and bake about twenty minutes or until set. Orated cheese, sprinkled between the layers of oysters and macaroni is a nice addition. If a larger dish is wanted, put in three layers each of oysters and macaroni, and some alternate also with layers of bread-crumbs; finishing with these on top. Scald the oyster liquor, strain, add sufficient milk to moisten the whole well and pour over thetop, dot with bits of butter and bake about twenty minutes. Prepare Chicken a^nd Ma^^roni %dim.e^ first steaming chicKen tender. Oysters in the Shell. — Select large shell oysters. Wash shells «ntil clean as polished marble. Place in dripping pan with round shell down snd set in hot oven twenty minates. Do Dot remoys top shell, but cook in both shells, and when done Berve on upper part of Bhell instead of lower. Seanon highly with a bit of butter, cayenne peeper and teaspoonlemon juice. Oropen shells with knife as directed, Keeping deepebtonee for use and loosen oysters entirely from shell, or they will draw to one side. Dredge fine bread- crumb

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