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Oysters Sauteed in Butter

From Cooking for profit, 1886

Serves 1

Careful frying is needed as butter burns easily.

Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Method

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This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oysters Sauteed in Butter. Mix one-fourth flour with three-fourths cracker meal (or sifted crumbs of dried bread) dry. Dip the oysters out of their own liquor into the meal, press down without rubbing and give them a good coating. Put 1 ounce of butter into a frying- pan and melt it. Lay one dozen oysters

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