OYSTERS AND MACARONI
2 oz. Macaroni--1 1/2d.
1 bottle Oysters--1s.
1 gill Milk or Melted Butter Sauce--1d.
Cayenne
Salt
Bread Crumbs--1d.
Total Cost--1s. 31/2 d.
Time--Half an Hour.
Boil the macaroni in the oyster liquor or in weak stock till quite
soft. Rub a little butter on a dish, cut the macaroni into pieces two
inches long and lay it at the bottom. On this place the oysters, and
season them with cayenne, salt, and a little lemon juice or nutmeg.
Pour over the milk or sauce, cover with bread crumbs, and brown it in a
quick oven. A few little pieces of butter laid on top of the crumbs
make a richer dish. It must be served very hot.
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OYSTER PATTIES
Grate a small loaf of stale-bread. Butter a deep dish well, and cover the sides and bottom with bread crumbs. Put in half the oysters with a little mace and pepper. Cover them with crumbs and small bits of butter strewed over them. Then put in the remaind... OYSTER PIE
Fruit pies for family use, are generally made with common paste, allowing three quarters of a pound of butter to a pound and a half of flour. Peaches and plums for pies, should be cut in half, and the stones taken out. Cherries also should be stoned, and ... OYSTER PIE. MRS. ECKHART.
Make a rich pie crust, and proceed as you would to make any pie with top crust. Have nice fat oysters and put on a thick layer, with plenty of lumps of butter; salt and pepper, and sprinkle over cracker crumbs. Put in the least bit of water, and cover w... OYSTER PIE. MRS. EMMA OGIER.
For crust make a dough as for baking powder biscuit. Take one quart of oysters; remove a half dozen good-sized ones into a saucepan; put the rest into bottom of your baking dish. Add four spoons of milk; salt to taste, and dot closely with small lumps o... OYSTER PLANT
1 quart parsnips 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter or bacon drippings 1/8 teaspoon pepper Wash, scrape and cut parsnips into slices. Cover with boiling water and boil until tender; drain. Brown on greased griddle or frying pan. Season with salt and pep... OYSTER PLANT--SALSIFY
Wash, scrape and put at once in cold water with a little vinegar to keep from discoloring. Cut one-half inch slices and cook in boiling, salted water until soft. Drain and serve in white sauce. Or boil in salted, boiling water until tender and cut in four... OYSTER SALAD
1 bottle Oysters--1s. 1 Lettuce--1d. Half a Lemon Mayonnaise or Salad Dressing--4d. Total Cost--1s. 5d. Strain away the liquor from a bottle of oysters; put it into a saucepan, and when it boils put in the oysters and cook for five minutes; let ... OYSTER SOUP
1 bottle Oysters--1s. 1 pint of Milk--2 1/2d. Cornflour and Vegetables 2 quarts Fish Stock--1d. Total Cost--1 s. 3 1/2 d. Time--One Hour. If there is no fish stock, use pot boilings. As this is a white soup a special saucepan must be used. Put... OYSTER SOUP
Open the oysters and strain the liquor. Put to the liquor some grated stale bread, and a little pepper and nutmeg, adding a glass of white wine. Boil the liquor with these ingredients, and then pour it scalding hot over the dish of raw oysters. This will ... OYSTER SOUP
From MRS. ALICE B. CASTLEMAN, of Kentucky, Alternate Lady Manager. Put a veal bone to boil in one quart of water. After skimming it well, put in one pint of celery cut up very fine, two tablespoonfuls of rice, one onion, one teaspoonful of celery salt. Le... OYSTER STEW
Rinse a stew-pan with cold water, then put in 1 pint of milk and let come to a boil. Heat 15 oysters in a little oyster liquor a few minutes, until the oysters curl up around the edges, then add the oysters to one-half the hot milk, add a large tablespoon... OYSTER STEW
1 bottle Oysters--1s. 1 oz. Butter--1d. 1/2 pint Milk 1/2 oz. Flour--1d. Pepper, Salt, and Lemon Juice--1/2d. Total Cost--1s. 2 1/2 d. Time--5 Minutes Make a sauce by directions given, using a little of the oyster liquor mixed with the milk;... OYSTER STEW. MRS. J. ED. THOMAS.
Wash one quart oysters and place on the fire. When they boil, add one quart of boiling milk, and season with salt, pepper, and plenty of butter. Serve with crackers or toast. ... OYSTER-SAUCE
Make some rich puff-paste, and bake it in very small tin patty pans. When cool, turn them out upon a large dish. Stew some large fresh oysters with a few cloves, a little mace and nutmeg, some yolk of egg boiled hard and grated, a little butter, and as mu... Oysters a la Marechale
Stew very gently in four ounces of butter some thinly sliced truffles and mushrooms. After cooking ten minutes add salt, white pepper, cayenne and mace. Stir in four large tablespoonfuls of flour and mix well together while it thickens. Put in the liquor ... Oysters a la Toulonaise.
Season a rib-roast of beef with salt, pepper and ginger and rub with vinegar. Put in the dripping-pan with 1 sliced onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 carrots, 2 stalks of celery cut fine, 1 bay-leaf and a few cloves and peppercorns. Pour over 1 cup of stock an... OYSTERS AND BACON
1 doz. Large Oysters--6d. 3 Rashers Bacon Pepper, Salt and Lime Juice--3d. Total Cost--9d. Time--10 Minutes. Mix some pepper, salt, and lemon juice together, and lay oysters in this. The bacon should be cut very thin, and then into strips about ... OYSTERS AND MACARONI
2 oz. Macaroni--1 1/2d. 1 bottle Oysters--1s. 1 gill Milk or Melted Butter Sauce--1d. Cayenne Salt Bread Crumbs--1d. Total Cost--1s. 31/2 d. Time--Half an Hour. Boil the macaroni in the oyster liquor or in weak stock till quite soft. Rub a... OYSTERS AND POTATOES
1 bottle Oysters--1s. 4 Cold Potatoes--1d. 1 Egg--1d. 2 oz. Flour Pepper and Salt--1/2d. Total Cost--1s. 21/2 d. Time--20 Minutes. Mash the potatoes and make them into a paste with the flour and egg, roll out and cut into small pieces. Seaso... OYSTERS ON TOAST. MRS. JOHN KISHLER.
Toast and butter a few slices of bread; lay them in a shallow dish. Put the liquor from the oysters on to heat; add salt, pepper, and thicken with a little flour. Just before this boils add the oysters. Let it all boil up once, and pour over the toast. ... OYSTERS STEAMED IN THE SHELL
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The rules for roasting meat apply to broiling, except that instead of cooking in the oven it is quickly browned, first on one side and then on other, over hot coals or directly under a gas flame, turning every minute until done. Meat an inch and one-half ... PAN ROAST BEEF
Take a piece of cross-rib or shoulder, about two and one-half to three pounds, put in a small frying-pan with very little fat; have the pan very hot, let the meat brown on all sides, turning it continually until all sides are done, which will require thir... Panada of Beef
Cut any cold left-over steak into thin slices, and cut these slices into bits one inch long. Put one quart of flour in a bowl, and add to it one cupful of chopped uncooked suet. Chop the suet and flour together for a minute, add a level teaspoonful of sal... PANCAKES FOR CHILDREN.
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