278. A plainer method

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (10)
Instructions (9)
  1. Blanch three dozen oysters.
  2. Put the blanched oysters into the stewpan with their liquor, after having detached the beards.
  3. Add six peppercorns and half a blade of mace.
  4. Place the stewpan over the fire.
  5. When beginning to simmer, add a piece of butter the size of a walnut, mixed with sufficient flour to form a paste, breaking it in four or five pieces.
  6. Shake the stewpan round over the fire.
  7. When upon the point of boiling, and becoming thick, add half a gill of milk, or more if required.
  8. Season with a little cayenne, salt, pepper, and a few drops of essence of anchovies.
  9. Serve very hot.
Original Text
278. A plainer method.—Blanch three dozen of oysters, which again put into the stewpan, with their liquor (after having detached the beards), add six peppercorns and half a blade of mace; place them over the fire, and when beginning to simmer, add a piece of butter the size of a walnut, with which you have mixed sufficient flour to form a paste, breaking it in four or five pieces; shake the stewpan round over the fire, and when upon the point of boiling, and becoming thick, add half a gill of milk, or more if required; season with a little cayenne, salt, pepper, and a few drops of essence of anchovies; serve very hot.
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