Roasted Oysters (II)

Roasted Oysters (II)...

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FROM: The American Pure Food Cook Book and Household Economist (The Marguerite Series, No. 141, Feb. 1899, Subscription Price $ 6.00/year) © 1898, Geo. M. Hill Co., Publisher, Chicago, Il.

Oysters are sometimes regarded as a symbol of misery. Perhaps this is due to the fact that you can acquire hepatitis from eating raw oysters. (A business associate of ours did just that some years ago). So avoid the raw oysters, and perhaps try one of these recipes instead? Once again, no guarantees are offered. But, try to be certain of the source and quality of your oysters. Please verify that they are uncontaminated.

Take a dozen large oysters, wash them clean, place them on coals of bright fire. As soon as the shells open, pour the juice into a hot soup plate, remove they oysters from the shells with a knife, put them in the plate with a lump of butter, and serve it while hot. Oysters treated in this manner retain more of their flavor and are easier digested than when cooked in any other way.