Devilled Oysters
INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 persons.-2 dozen oysters, cayenne, salt, 2 oz. of butter. AVERAGE CosT, 3s. 3d.
Open the oysters without spilling the liquor. Put under each oyster in the shell a very little salt, and a good seasoning of cayenne, and on the top of each a little piece of butter. Put them on a gridiron over a bright clear fire for about 4 or 5 minutes, and serve with thin brown breadand-butter.
TIME.-4 or 5 minutes.
SEASONABLE from September to May.