Spiced Oysters

Ingredients

• two hundred oysters
• one pint vinegar
• one grated nutmeg
• eight blades of whole mace
• three dozen whole cloves
• one teaspoonful salt
• two teaspoonfuls whole allspice
• as much red pepper as will lie on the point of a knife

Method

1. 1

   Put the oysters with their liquor into a large earthen vessel.

2. 2

   Add vinegar and all other ingredients, stir well, and set over a slow fire.

3. 3

   Keep covered and stir several times.

4. 4

   As soon as they are well scalded, they are done.

5. 5

   Put into jars and can be kept for a long time.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 510. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPICED OYSTERS. For two hundred oysters, take one pint vinegar, one grated nutmeg, eight blades of whole mace, three dozen whole cloves, one teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls whole allspice, and as much red pepper as will lie on the point of a knife

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