Cook Book

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Shellfish

27 recipes in this part of Cook Book.

Lobster Cutlets

a Two cups of lobster meat, two tablespoons of flour, one tablespoon of chopped parsley, three-fourths of cup of cream or milk, one…

Clams Cooked with Cream

Chop fifty small clams not too fine and season them with pepper and salt. Put into a stewpan butter the size of an egg, and when it bubbles…

Baked Clams

Take one-half pint of cracker crumbs, one-half cup of warm milk, one-fourth cup of clam liquor, two beaten eggs, one heaping tablespoon of…

Clam Fritters

Strain one pint of clams, saving the juice; add to this juice sufficient water to make one pint; mix into it one egg, well beaten, and…

Oyster Cocktail (For Eight)

Mix together the strained juice of half a lemon, one-half teaspoon of vinegar, eight drops of tabasco sauce, one-half teaspoon of…

Lobster Wiggle

Into the chafing-dish put two tablespoons of butter and two tablespoons of flour. Stir together till like a paste, add one cup of cream or…

Soft Shell Crabs

Dry the crabs, sprinkle them with pepper and salt; roll them, first in flour, then in egg (half a cup of milk mixed in one egg), then in…

Deviled Crab

When the crabs are boiled, take out the meat and cut it into small pieces; clean well the shells. To six ounces of crab meat mix two ounces…

Oyster Cocktail (For Twelve)

Seven teaspoons of horse-radish, seven teaspoons of vinegar, ten teaspoons of lemon juice, one teaspoon of tabasco sauce, salt to taste…

Lobster Thackeray

Two or three lobsters cut into squares, the fat (or green part) of one or two, one saltspoon of salt, three dashes of red pepper, one…

Stuffed Lobster a la Merinole

A boiled lobster cut in half lengthwise; cut meat in small pieces, use the coral if any; chop an onion fine, put in saucepan with lump of…

Crab Ravigote

Boil some large hardshell crabs, after which put them aside to become cold. Then turn them over on the hardshell side and with a sharp…

Oyster Loaf

Prepare a fresh loaf of baker's bread by cutting out a square from one end and tearing out the inside, as whole as possible. When but a…

Scalloped Scallops

Fry a light brown in butter, shaking often to prevent burning; if you have the shells, wash thoroughly and butter; otherwise use a baking…

Fricassee of Oysters

Put one quart, or twenty-five, oysters on the fire in their own liquor. The moment it begins to boil, turn it into a hot dish through a…

One Way to Prepare a Lobster

Put into a saucepan butter the size of a small egg, and one teaspoon of minced onion. When it has cooked, sprinkle in one teaspoon of…

Scalloped Lobster

Remove the meat from a two-pound lobster and cut in cubes. Make one and one-half cups of white sauce by melting three tablespoons of…

Panned Oysters

Wash the oysters. Take one-half cup of butter and brown it. Cook the oysters in the butter. Beat the yolks of two eggs, add half a cup of…

Club House Oysters

Three tablespoons of butter, four tablespoons of flour, one and one-half teaspoons of mustard, one-half teaspoon of paprika, one teaspoon…

Creamed Oysters with Celery

Clean one pint of oysters and cook them in their own liquor until they are plump. Drain, then strain the oyster liquor and add to it enough…

Cream Crab

One tablespoon of butter, three tablespoons of flour, one teaspoon of minced onion, one blade of mace, salt and pepper; meat of one crab in…

Broiled Lobster

Only live lobsters are cooked in this way. Kill the fish by inserting a sharp knife in its back between the body and tail shells, severing…

Oysters Grilled in the Chafing-dish

Wash a pint of large oysters, pick them from the liquor and drain as dry as possible. Put them in a well-heated blazer and as fast as…

Escalloped Oysters

fashion.- One pint of oysters, two tablespoons of butter, two tablespoons of cream, salt and pepper, two tablespoons of oyster liquor. Pick…

Oysters a la Snowdon (for chafing-dish)

Heat one quart of cream, seasoned to taste with celery salt, paprika and a few drops of tabasco. When very hot place in cream about a pint…

Deviled Oysters

Clean, drain and slightly chop one pint of oysters. Add to a sauce made from four tablespoons of butter, four tablespoons of flour and…

Lobster Cream

Chop the meat of a two-pound lobster fine. Cook half a cup of stale bread crumbs in half a cup of milk for ten minutes. Add to this a…

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