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St. Bernard Oysters

From The Cook County cook book, 1912

Serves 2

Serve immediately.

Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 166. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 ta'blespoon of butter, add 1 tablespoon of flour, then ^ cup of hot cream; beat 2 eggs, add ^4 cup of cream, then the hot liquor, and the oysters. Season with salt and pepper. Ser^'-e garnished with toast-points or puflF paste. — Eloise Jennings, Winnetka, 111. OYSTER RAREBIT.— Clean and remove tlie hard muscle from J4 or a pt. of oysters, parboil them in their own liquor until 246 FISH their edges curl; remove to a hot bowl. Put 1 tablespoon of but- ter and Yi lb. of grated cheese, 1 saltspoon of salt and a fe^v grains of cayenne into a dish. While the butter is melting, beat 2 eggs, slowly, and add the oyster liquor; mix this gradually to the melted cheese, add the- oysters and turn at once over hot toast. — Mrs. C J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. ROAST OYSTERS IN THE SHELL.— Prepare the oysters as for steaming, then roast them over a clear fire with the large shell down. Two minutes after the shells are open the oysters are done. Take up quickly, and serve in the shells on a hot platter, with salt, pep|)er, and butter to taste. — Mrs, C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. OYSTER ROLLS.— Pour 2 drops of essence of anchovy on each oyster, 4 drops of lemon, a little cayenne pepper, and roll each oyster in a slice of thin bacon. When rolled enough, skewer, and frj' them. When done, take each roll and place it on a fried crou- ton. Serve hot. — Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, Winnetka, 111. ST. BERNARD OYSTERS.— Fry oysters in the usual way and pour over them the following: Brown-sauce; brown 1 table- spoon of butter, add 1 tablespoon of flour, brown again, add gradu-- ally 1 cup of stock, a little salt, pepper, parsley, minced fine, and a few drops of onion juice
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