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Oysters

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove the gills from the oysters and the hard muscle attached to the shell.

  2. Keep the oysters alive in a shallow dish of clear brine for one to two days, feeding them with meal and changing the water.

  3. Wash the oysters twice a day to mimic the tide.

  4. Eat the oysters raw and chew them well before swallowing.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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