Stewed Oysters

Ingredients

• 1 doz. oysters
• Cupful of milk
• A little parsley
• Cornflour
• Pepper and salt
• butter

Method

1. 1

   Boil the milk and thicken with cornflour, then add the oysters and liquor, pepper, salt, parsley, and butter.

2. 2

   Serve very hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEWED OYSTERS I doz. oysters . A little parsley Cupful of milk Cornflour Pepper and salt, butter. Mode. — Boil the milk ajid thicken with a little corn- flour, then add the oysters and liquor, pepper and salt ; and last^ the parsley and butter. Serve very hot. 81-^FEIED OYSTEES. 1 doz. large oysters Egg Breadcrumbs Flour Pepper and salt Boiling dripping. Mode. — Pick out a dozen large oysters and thpow them into a nice clean towel, then sprinkle them with flour, shake them well, until well, but not thickly covered with the flour, salt and pepper them, and throw them into the egg which has been well beaten, then into the In'oad- crumbs ; pick them out singly with a sharp-plated skewer and put them into the boiling fat in a frying basket, and fry a nice brown. 82~CUREIED OYSTEES. 2^or 3 doz. oysters Tablespoonful chutney and I'^large onion curry powder 9Jcloves Tablespoonful cocoanut 1 piece ginger Lemon 1 apple Butter. Mode. — Slice the onion very thin, put it into the sswice- pan with the butter ; when cooked add the ginger, cloves, Oysters, apple and small piece of rind of lemon all chopped very fine ; when these are cooked add the curry powder ; now add the liquor off the oysters ; if that is not enough add a little milk and the cocoanut ; just before serving put in the oysters. Some people like a little garlic, which is an improvement, a very small piece about the size of a pea chopped up is sufficient. 83— DEVILLED OYSTERS. 2 doz. oysters Saltspoonful cayenne 2 tablespoonfuls curry Juice of a lemon powder 1 tablespoonful anchovy i lb. butter The yolks of 2 eggs and 1 1 tablespoonful Worcester white shire sauce Add ^ pt. milk. Mode. — Mix into a basin the butter, curry powder, sauce, cayenne and the lemon juice ; when all are well mixed add the eggs well beaten up. Put on the fire to cook ; when warm add the milk slowly, thicken with a little cornflour, and just before serving add the oysters. Rice can be served with this as well as curry. 84— SAYOURY OYSTERS. 1 doz. oysters

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