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Oysters for Invalids

Oysters being nourishing and easily digested are, when in season, often ordered for invalids. However, they do not always tempt the sick person in their simply unshelled garb. Make half a pint of good beef-tea, thicken with a little arrowroot to the consistency of thin cream. When it boils, take it off the fire, and let it get almost cold, then put half a dozen oysters in it. Let all heat very slowly but thoroughly. Do not let it boil. By avoiding this the oysters will remain quite mellow and tender, and as digestible as if eaten uncooked. Boiling hardens them.

OYSTERS, FOWL WITH. (See FOWL, WITH OYSTERS; also OYSTERS, POULETS AND.)