Oysters. No. 4.

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (8)
oysters
pickle
Instructions (7)
  1. Take the largest oysters you can get, and just plump them over the fire in their own liquor.
  2. Strain the liquor from them.
  3. Cover the oysters close in a cloth.
  4. Take an equal quantity of white wine and vinegar, and a little of the oyster liquor, with mace, white pepper, and lemon-peel, pared very thin, also salt, the quantity of each according to your judgment and taste, taking care that there be sufficient liquor to cover them.
  5. Set it on the fire, and, when it boils, put in the oysters.
  6. Just give them one boil up.
  7. Put the pickle in a pot, and the oysters closely covered in a cloth till the pickle is quite cold.
Original Text
Oysters. No. 4. Take the largest oysters you can get, and just plump them over the fire in their own liquor; then strain it from them, and cover the oysters close in a cloth. Take an equal quantity of white wine and vinegar, and a little of the oyster liquor, with mace, white pepper, and lemon-peel, pared very thin, also salt, the quantity of each according to your judgment and taste, taking care that there be sufficient liquor to cover them. Set it on the fire, and, when it boils, put in the oysters; just give them one boil up; put the pickle in a pot, and the oysters closely covered in a cloth till the pickle is quite cold.
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