American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Oyster Sauce

Original Recipe

Take a pint of oysters and heat them in their own liquor long enough to come to a boil, or until they begin to ruffle. Skim out the oysters into a warm dish, put into the liquor a teacup of milk or cream, two tablespoonfuls of cold butter, a pinch of cayenne and salt; thicken with a tablespoonful of flour stirred to a paste, boil up and then add the oysters. Oyster sauce is used for fish, boiled turkey, chickens and boiled white meats of most kinds.

Ingredients

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  • 1 pint of oysters and heat them in their own liquor long enough to come to a boil
  • 1 warm dish
  • 1 teacup of milk or cream
  • 2 tablespoonfuls of cold butter
  • 1 pinch of cayenne and salt
  • 1 tablespoonful of flour stirred to a paste

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Take a pint of oysters and heat them in their own liquor long enough to come to a boil, or until they begin to ruffle.

  2. 2

    Skim out the oysters into a warm dish, put into the liquor a teacup of milk or cream, two tablespoonfuls of cold butter, a pinch of cayenne and salt; thicken with a tablespoonful of flour stirred to a paste, boil up and then add the oysters.

  3. 3

    Oyster sauce is used for fish, boiled turkey, chickens and boiled white meats of most kinds.

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