Stewed Oysters with Celery

Ingredients

• a pint of strong and clear broth
• one pint of the most excellent table butter
• four ounces of the most excellent table butter
• three teaspoonfuls of salt
• two of white pepper
• as much more of ground mace
• a teaspoonful of extract of celery

Method

1. 1

   In a large stew-pan, put broth and cream.

2. 2

   Add butter, salt, white pepper, ground mace, and celery extract.

3. 3

   If celery is available, chop fine and add.

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.

STEWED OYSTERS WITH CELERY. In a large stew-pan put a pint of strong and clear broth, made of the choicest cuts of beef. Instead of milk and water, or milk even, as the prevailing practice is, use only the sweetest and richest of cream. Of this cream add one pint to the same quantity of best of beef broth. Also four ounces of the most excellent table butter, three teaspoonfuls of salt, two of white pepper, as much more of ground mace, and a tea- spoonful of extract of cele

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