Pickled Oysters

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (11)
for pickling oysters
Instructions (12)
  1. Wash the oysters clean with a piece of flannel in salt and water.
  2. Put them into a sauce-pan and throw a little salt over them.
  3. Let them boil up three times in their own liquor.
  4. Throw them into a sieve to drain, and spread them on a clean cloth.
  5. Let them lie till cold.
  6. Put them in wide-mouth'd bottles.
  7. Put in with them a good deal whole mace, a little nutmeg sliced, and a few cloves.
  8. Boil the sugar-vinegar of your own making, with a good deal whole pepper, some races of ginger, and two or three bay-leaves.
  9. Let it boil a few minutes, then strain it.
  10. When it is cold pour it on, and fill the bottle with mutton fat fryed.
  11. Cork them, tie a bladder, then a leather over them.
  12. Keep it down close, and in as cool a place as possible.
Original Text
WASH them clean with a piece of flannel in salt and water, put them into a sauce-pan and throw a little salt over them. Let them boil up three times in their own liquor, then throw them into a sieve to drain, and spread them on a clean cloth; let them lie till the cold, then put them in wide-mouth'd bottles, put in with them a good deal whole mace, a little nutmeg sliced, and a few cloves. Boil the sugar-vinegar of your own making, with a good deal of whole pepper, some races of ginger, and two or three bay-leaves. Let it boil a few minutes, then strain it, when it is cold pour it on, and fill the bottle with mutton fat fryed; cork them, tie a bladder, then a leather over them, keep it down close, and in as cool a place as possible. As to all other pickles, you have them in the chapter of Pickles.
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