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Pigs in Blankets

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Pigs in Blankets

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Drain the oysters and soak them in cold water briefly, then drain again.

  2. Wipe each oyster with a soft linen cloth.

  3. Slice the bacon thinly, one slice for each oyster.

  4. Place a slice of bacon in your palm, add an oyster, and fold the bacon around it.

  5. Secure the bacon and oyster with a toothpick.

  6. Heat a skillet and brown the wrapped oysters on both sides.

  7. Serve hot.

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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