To Fry Oysters

Take a quarter of a hundred of large oysters, wash them and roll them in grated bread, with pepper and salt, and fry them a light brown; if you choose, you may add a little parsley, shred fine.

Original Recipe

Take a quarter of a hundred of large oysters, wash them and roll them in grated bread, with pepper and salt, and fry them a light brown; if you choose, you may add a little parsley, shred fine. They are a proper garnish for calves' head, or most made dishes.

Ingredients

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  • 1 quarter hundred oysters
  • bread, grated
  • pepper
  • salt
  • parsley (small amount)

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Take a quarter of a hundred of large oysters, wash them and roll them in grated bread, with pepper and salt, and fry them a light brown; if you choose, you may add a little parsley, shred fine.

  2. 2

    They are a proper garnish for calves' head, or most made dishes.

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Recipe by mary-randolph from The Virginia Housewife; Or, Methodical Cook (1824)