Name: Stewed Oysters
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 quarts of oysters; 1 small teacupful of hot water; 1 little salt and pepper and set it over the fire in a saucepan; 1 boil; 2 tablespoonfuls of butter; 1 pint of boiling milk and take the saucepan from the fire; 1 little flour or two tablespoonfuls of cracker crumbs

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Drain the liquor from two quarts of oysters; mix with it a small teacupful of hot water, add a little salt and pepper and set it over the fire in a saucepan. Let it boil up once, put in the oysters, let them come to a boil, and when they "ruffle" add two tablespoonfuls of butter. The instant it is melted and well stirred in, put in a pint of boiling milk and take the saucepan from the fire. Serve with oyster or cream crackers. Serve while hot. If thickening is preferred, stir in a little flour or two tablespoonfuls of cracker crumbs.

2 quarts of oysters
1 small teacupful of hot water
1 little salt and pepper and set it over the fire in a saucepan
1 boil
2 tablespoonfuls of butter
1 pint of boiling milk and take the saucepan from the fire
1 little flour or two tablespoonfuls of cracker crumbs

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1

Drain the liquor from two quarts of oysters; mix with it a small teacupful of hot water, add a little salt and pepper and set it over the fire in a saucepan.
2

Let it boil up once, put in the oysters, let them come to a boil, and when they "ruffle" add two tablespoonfuls of butter.
3

The instant it is melted and well stirred in, put in a pint of boiling milk and take the saucepan from the fire.
4

Serve with oyster or cream crackers.
5

Serve while hot.
6

If thickening is preferred, stir in a little flour or two tablespoonfuls of cracker crumbs.

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