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Instructions for keeping oysters alive in cold water with salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Dissolve 5 ounces of coarse sea salt in the water before pouring it over the oysters.

  2. Cover the oysters with cold water.

Store and serve

  1. Change the water every 24 hours to keep the oysters alive for up to 10 days.

  2. Serve the oysters immediately after opening.

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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What each ingredient does

Coarse sea salt
Dissolved in the water to create a brine that helps keep the oysters alive.
Cold water
Forms the brine that covers the oysters while they are stored.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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