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Oyster Soup.—One quart of oysters, one
dessertspoon of flour, two tablespoons of
butter, one quart of milk, salt and pepper.
Stir the butter and flour together in the blazer.
Add the milk and the strained liquor from the
oysters. When it boils, put in the oysters,
salt and pepper. Serve with biscuits.
"Some are weather wise,some arc otherwise."
Pigs in Blankets. — Drain and wipe large
oysters. Pin around each a
thin slice of bacon. Fasten
it witha wooden tooth-pick.
Cook them in the hot blazer
until the bacon is brown and crisp.
"Three may keep a secret if two oE them are dead."
Saute of Mushrooms,—Cut the mushrooms in
small pieces with a silver knife. Melt two
tablespoons of butter in the blazer, put in the
mushrooms and cook them ten minutes. Stir
in a tablespoon offlour. Add one cup of water
in which has been dissolved one teaspoon of
beef extract.
"Foois make feasts,and wise men cat them."
Scolloped Oysters.—Put layers of buttered
bread crumbs, well seasoned with salt and
pepper, and layers of oysters, in the blazer
over hot water. Have crumbs for the last
layer. Cover the pan and cook ten minutes.
"Fish and visitors smell in three days."
Shirred Eggs.—Brush the blazer with butter.
Break in six eggs. Cover the pan and cook
over the boiling water.
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