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Oyster Cocktail

Name: Oyster Cocktail
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients: 8 raw oysters; 1 tablespoon tomato catsup; ½ tablespoon lemon juice; 2 drops Tabasco sauce; 1 pinch salt; 1 teaspoon celery, chopped very fine; ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

From Original recipes of good things to eat, 1919.

Not kitchen-tested. No ratings, no reviews. The original text is transcribed from a historical book. The modern version is adapted with computer assistance.

Food safety

Consuming raw oysters carries a risk of foodborne illness, particularly for individuals with certain health conditions.

Ingredients

1 servings

8 raw oysters
1 tablespoon tomato catsup
½ tablespoon lemon juice
2 drops Tabasco sauce
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon celery, chopped very fine
½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Method

Mix all the ingredients together.
Chill thoroughly.
Serve in cocktail glasses.

Original recipe, verbatim

Eight raw oysters, 1 tablespoon tomato catsup, ^ table-
spoon lemon juice, 2 drops Tabasco, salt, 1 teaspoon celery
chopped very fine, and ^ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce.
Mix ingredients, chill thoroughly, and serve in cocktail
glasses. Bessie Shipley.

Transcribed as printed in Original recipes of good things to eat, 1919. Spelling and punctuation are left as in the source scan.

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