Pigs in Blankets

Ingredients

• 20 very large oysters
• 20 slices of thin bacon
• A shake or two of pepper

Method

1. 1

   Wrap each oyster in one slice of bacon after you have cut off the rind, and pin it with a tiny wooden toothpick.

2. 2

   Heat the chafing dish very hot by putting the upper pan directly over the flame.

3. 3

   Lay in four or five oysters and cook them till the bacon crisps and the edges of the oysters curl; then take them up and put into a hot covered dish while you cook more.

4. 4

   Have ready some strips of toast and put the oysters on two or three of these on hot plates.

5. 5

   Shake a little pepper over them, but no salt, as the bacon will salt them enough.

6. 6

   If too much juice comes out in cooking, pour it off to keep the pan dry.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The fun of cooking (1915) by Caroline French Benton, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pigs in blankets, and Jack shall make iMjfc them, for they are easy and oh, so good ! And, li Mildred, you shall have a chafing dish, too, and fe,(9f make something else ; and we can make things to m go with them, so there will be plenty of supper for everybody. How many are you going to mf have!'' Of J! * * Oh, we have n 't thought about it yet, and we I0K must talk it over with Mother and see what she gj 18 thinks ; but I know she will love the party, he- ld le cause she always does. ' ' J jg And so, sure enough, their mother did love the ^i plan. A chafing-dish supper was such a bright jjjf idea; she said, and so like Miss Betty. They decided to ask only eight guests, four ^ boys and four girls. In case the food did not jji' turn out to be what they hoped, it was better not to have too many to eat it. Jack thought. d Hallowe'en obligingly came on a Saturday, just as though it knew how convenient that day would be for everybody. Mildred and Brownie and Miss Betty and Mother Blair and Norah all helped in getting things ready, laying the table, filling the alcohol lamps of the two chafing- dishes, — one borrowed from Miss Betty, — and preparing the good things for the supper. They 15- to I D 172 THE FUN OF COOKINa decided to have first, the dish of oysters made by Jack at one end of the table, and some eggs to go with them, made by Mildred at the other. With these were to be some potatoes — a new kind Mildred had never heard of — and Brownie thought she could make these and send them in nice and hot ; she was going to make cocoa, too, to go with the other hot dishes, and she and Mil- dred together were going to make sandwiches in the afternoon. And after these. Miss Betty said, there was to be something perfectly won- derful — something so good and so new. * ' Oh, what f ' ' they all begged. Miss Betty's eyes rolled up to the ceiling, and she shook her pretty head. *'Wait and see,'* she said solemnly. **I '11 bring in the things this afternoon and we will all make it together. ' ' And they had to be content with this promise. The table was laid just as they had it at break- fast and luncheon and Sunday night supper, with pretty doilies, one for each person and sev- eral over for chafing-dishes and piles of plates and sandwiches. In the middle was a big bowl of bright colored autumn leaves mixed with chrysanthemums ; and at each place was a dainty card with a picture of a witch riding a broom- stick, and the name of the boy or girl who was to jii aiKf a, tot di Bel her. ppeTi A HALLOWE^EN SUPPER 173 sit there. The table looked very pretty when it was all finished, with the glasses and silver and small napkins. Brownie did it almost all alone ; she loved to get ready for company. Then they got out their receipt books and be- gan to pnt down the different things they were to make for supper. Even Jack, smiling sheep- ishly, consented to write down the chafing-dish rules. They might come in handy when he went to college, he said. # PIGS IN BLANKETS 20 very large oysters. 20 slices of thin bacon. J A shake or two of pepper

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.