Oysters Scalloped

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (7)
  1. Wash the oysters thoroughly clean in their own liquor.
  2. Put them into your scallop shells.
  3. Strew over them a few crumbs of bread.
  4. Lay a slice of butter on the first you put in.
  5. Add more oysters and bread, and butter successively till the shell is full.
  6. Put them into a Dutch oven to brown.
  7. Serve them up hot in the shells.
Original Text
Oyſters ſcolloped. WASH them thoroughly clean in their own liquor, and then put them into your ſcollop ſhells; ſtrew over them a few crumbs of bread. Lay a ſlice of butter on the firſt you put in, then more oyſters and bread, and butter ſucceſſively till the ſhell is full. Put them into a Dutch oven to brown, and ſerve them up hot in the ſhells.
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