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Steamed Oysters

From Buckeye cookery, 1892

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1892. 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 Buckeye cookery (1892), page 171. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEAMED OYSTERS. Lay some oysters in the shell in some air-tight vessel, placing the upper shell downward so the liquor will not run out when they open. Set them over a pot of boiling water (where they will get the steam), and boil hard for twenty minutes

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