Name: Oysters Fried in Batter
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 1 little nutmeg; 1 cloth to drain thoroughly; 1 basin; 1 batter; 1 deep frying pan; 1 at a time; 1 sharp pointed skewer and dish them on a napkin; 1 few bread crumbs should be added to the flour

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Ingredients.--One-half pint of oysters, two eggs, one-half pint of milk, sufficient flour to make the batter; pepper and salt to taste; when liked, a little nutmeg; hot lard. Scald the oysters in their own liquor, beard them, and lay them on a cloth to drain thoroughly. Break the eggs into a basin, mix the flour with them, add the milk gradually, with nutmeg and seasoning, and put the oysters in a batter. Make some lard hot in a deep frying pan; put in the oysters one at a time; when done, take them up with a sharp pointed skewer and dish them on a napkin. Fried oysters are frequently used for garnishing boiled fish, and then a few bread crumbs should be added to the flour.

2 eggs
1 little nutmeg
1 cloth to drain thoroughly
1 basin
1 batter
1 deep frying pan
1 at a time
1 sharp pointed skewer and dish them on a napkin
1 few bread crumbs should be added to the flour

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_Ingredients._--One-half pint of oysters, two eggs, one-half pint of milk, sufficient flour to make the batter; pepper and salt to taste; when liked, a little nutmeg; hot lard.
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Scald the oysters in their own liquor, beard them, and lay them on a cloth to drain thoroughly.
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Break the eggs into a basin, mix the flour with them, add the milk gradually, with nutmeg and seasoning, and put the oysters in a batter.
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Make some lard hot in a deep frying pan; put in the oysters one at a time; when done, take them up with a sharp pointed skewer and dish them on a napkin.
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Fried oysters are frequently used for garnishing boiled fish, and then a few bread crumbs should be added to the flour.

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