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Three Ways to Serve Raw Oysters

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Three Ways to Serve Raw Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

  1. *st — Take a hot brick and lay on top a smooth, clear block of ice and allow to remain until a cavity sufficient to hold the oysters is made, pour in the oysters and garnish the edge of platter with slices of lemon and parsley.

  2. 2d. — I4 ill soup plates with finely chopped ice and lay oysters on top.

  3. 3d — Lay each oyster on a crisp lettuce leaf and sprinkle with finely chopped green pepper.

By Trinity Church (Reno, Nev.). Woman's Guild. 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. See the original page.

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