OYSTER STUFFING.—Beard twelve cooking oysters: set the
beards and liquid to simmer with a gill of broth to produce a
small quantity of concentrated essence as it were. Take four
ounces of bread crumbs, an ounce and a half of butter, the
finely rasped peel of half a lemon, a teaspoonful of parsley, a
saltspoonful of salt, and half that measure of mace. Empty all
into a bowl, add the oysters finely minced, an egg, and as much