The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03


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Are Nutritious and Good for
Hurry-up Meal, Says Gull
4 nary Expert.
4 BY MRS. ANA B. SCOTT
Culinary Expert Of the Philadelphia
North American.
Housekeepers should not forget
that quick and wholesome dishes can
be prepared from oysters. Cool wealth
er is here: The oysters are fat and they
can be had fresh from the she'll. Only
q few days ago the government issued
9 bulletin showing that while other
foods had increased in price, oysters
remained the same.
They are very nutritious. When one
has an oyster stew, salad and a
dessert, he has substantial meal and
a good meal at small cost. To be
sure, the best oysters are to be pros
cured In cities and towns close to the
beds. but the distribution Of the shell
fish is widening each year, due to i'm
proved transportation, and there Is
not a village within 100 miles or more
of Philadelphia that cannot enjoy
fresh oysters any day during the win
tier.
Autumn is good time to get ac-
quainted with the oyster. The house
wife is busy putting up curtains, get
ting out the blankets and attending
to other duties of the fall. will not
GAL TWo-OYSTERS CAN ~.
use the word @housecl cleaning" for pro-
lgressiye women have done away with
that old fashioned notion. But still
there are extra duties and with them
lall the meals cannot be neglected.
Oysters can come to the assistance
of the housewife at this time. They
can be prepared in from five to twen-
lty-fve minutes, which is a big differ
ence from an honr or two spent in
preparing some other meal. that may
not please the family nearly so we'll.
From now on oysters should be
placed on the bill OF fare, and am
sure the added variety will be ap-
lpreciated by everybody. Try oyster
meals once or twice a week. Follow
ing are few easily prepared recipes:
Oyster Stew.
20 medium sized oysters.
2 cups milk. j
level tablespoon butter.
level teaspoon salt.
A few grains of red pepper o "a dash
Of white pepper.
Drain the oysters, put in shallow
pan: bring to boil; quickly add the
butter, salt, pepper and milk, which
must be at the boiling point. The
milk is put on the fire before the oy-
Isters, as it takes the two cups OF milk
longer to come to a boil than it takes
1.-THE twenty oysters. The quicker one
brings the oysters to a boil the bet
ter they will be. Served with oyster
Tor the old fashioned water cracker,
1t adds much to the stew II the crack
Iers are heated. as the cold crackers
Ichill the stew. This amount makes
four average soup plates full.
p. S.-Bread croutons can be used
instead OF crackers.
Quick Planned Oysters.
80 oysters.
tablespoon butter.
l teaspoon salt.
A few grains Of red pepper or lit
tie white pepper.
Drain the oysters and put into hot,
shallow pan tthey should not be over
two oysters deep when putting them
in PAM; keep pan over hot fire and
constantly in motion; add butter, salt
and pepper. boil three to Eve minutes;
that depends on size Of oysters. One
must be careful not to boil too much.
This is the simplest and one Of the
best ways to cook oysters. Can be
u cooked either in chatting dish or on
alcohol stove in few minutes.
Dreamed Oysters.
!. IS medium sized oysters.
rounded tablespoon butter.
] rounded tablespoon flour.
cup milk.
teaspoon salt.
!, A few grains Of red pepper or lit
tie white pepper.
A small piece OF whole mace.
6 thin slices OF toasted bread.
Drain the oysters, put in shallow
pan over quick fire: as soon as the
gills curl cover with sauce and boil
three minutes. Sauce is made as fol-
flows: Put butter into saucepan over
fire, and, when melted, remove from
Il fire; add -four and mace and stir until
smooth; return to Are and add cold
milk slowly. stirring until smooth and
thick; add salt and pepper; remove
the mace before serving. Serve on
toast garnished with sprigs of pars-
ley and dust nth paprika
| P. s.-This amount makes four
large helpings.
J, Escailoped Oysters.
Is oysters.
2 cups bread crumbs.
i IA cup milk.
Y 2 tablespoons butter.
Brush bakedish with butter. cover
the bottom with bread crumbs; then
lay the oysters in carefully; dust with
salt and pepper and cover with the
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