547. Oysters

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (9)
  1. Open and blanch delicately twelve middle-sized oysters.
  2. Put them in a stewpan with their own gravy.
  3. Beard them.
  4. Add a tablespoonful of milk or cream.
  5. Give it a boil.
  6. Add half an ounce of butter in which you have mixed a saltspoonful of flour.
  7. Stir it in without breaking the oysters.
  8. Put over the centre of your omelette.
  9. Proceed as before.
Original Text
547. Oysters.—Open and blanch delicately twelve middle-sized oysters, and put them in a stewpan with their own gravy, beard them, add a tablespoonful of milk or cream, and give it a boil, then add half an ounce of butter in which you have mixed a saltspoonful of flour, stir it in without breaking the oysters, put over the centre of your omelette, and proceed as before.
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