Smothered Oysters

Ingredients

• one tablespoonful of butter
• half a saltspoonful of white pepper
• one teaspoonful of salt
• a few grains of cayenne pepper
• one pint of oysters

Method

1. 1

   Put butter in a covered saucepan with white pepper, salt, and cayenne.

2. 2

   When hot, add oysters.

3. 3

   Cover closely and shake the pan to keep oysters from sticking; cook for 2-3 minutes until plump.

4. 4

   Serve on toasted crackers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book (1884) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 108. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Smothered Oysters. — Put one tablespoonful of butter in a covered saucepan with half a saltspoonful oi lohite pepper, one teaspoonful of salt, and a few grains of cayenne pepper. When hot, add one pint of oysters

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