277. Another method

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Instructions (4)
  1. Put a pint of white sauce into a stewpan, with the liquor and beards of three dozen oysters (as above), six peppercorns, two cloves, and half a blade of mace.
  2. Boil it ten minutes.
  3. Then add a spoonful of essence of anchovies, a little cayenne and salt if required.
  4. Pass it through a tammy, or hair sieve, over the oysters, as in the last.
Original Text
277. Another method.—Put a pint of white sauce into a stewpan, with the liquor and beards of three dozen oysters (as above), six peppercorns, two cloves, and half a blade of mace; boil it ten minutes, then add a spoonful of essence of anchovies, a little cayenne and salt if required; pass it through a tammy, or hair sieve, over the oysters, as in the last.
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