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Oysters (Tinned), Scalloped

INGREDIENTS for dish for 2 persons.-1 tin of oysters, 1 oz. of butter, 1/4 lb. of breadcrumbs, cayenne, salt. AVERAGE COST, 8d. Butter a shallow tin, and strew it with bread-crumbs, which very lightly sprinkle with salt. Over the bread-crumbs lay the oysters, seasoning them with cayenne and 3 dessertspoonfuls of their liquor. Cover dessertspoonfuls of their liquor.

Cover them with bread-crumbs, and put the remainder of the butter' over them in small pieces. Bake them in a Dutch oven, or in an ordinary one, afterwards browning them before the fire.

TIME. From 10 to 15 minutes to bake.

SEASONABLE at any time.

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