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PRAIRIE OYSTER.
Put into a wineglass half a teaspoonful of
vinegar; on this place carefully the yolk of an
add a pinch of salt and a dust of pepper,
and it is ready.
Note.—Very few persons, not even the so-called
American bar-tenders,* know the origin of this famous
drink, therefore the knowledge may be interesting.
Sproe years since three menwere encamped on Texas
Prairie, 500 miles from the sea-coast, when one of them
was sick unto death with fever, and was frantically crying
out for oysters; he was quite sure that if he could only
have an oyster or two he would be cured. After much
thought as to how they were to procure what he wanted,
one of them, having procured some prairie hens' eggs not
far from the camp,broke one, and, putting the yolk into a
glass, sprinkled it with a little salt and pepper, adding a
little vinegar, and gave it to his sick companion, who
declared it was just the thing he wanted, and from that
hour he began to get better, and eventually got quite
TURKEY OYSTER.
Break a fresh turkey egg, and carefully put
the yolk into a wineglass without the least
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portion of the white, surround it with half a
teaspoonful of vinegar, add a pinch of salt and
a dust of pepper. This is a drink greatly in
vogue with athletes.
(See also page X41.)