OYSTERS A LA MODE 



OR 



THE OYSTER AND OVER 100 WAYS OF COOKING IT 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED A FEW 



RECIPES FOR COOKING ALL KINDS OF SHELLFISH 

 BY 



MRS DE SALIS 



AUTHORESS OF ' SAVOURIES A LA MODE ' ' ENTREES A LA MODE * 



'soup and fish a la mode' 'sweets AND 



SUPPER DISHES A LA MODE ' 



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' 0"'rare'',nv^!rt2b:'att. ! thy pra.ne be n>ine*. 

 What joy lies within that crusty coat ! 

 What po.i'er lG ple^Le the pa!a*:e e'er is thine ! 

 What wekoiiie waiti ihki. -fnin th' impatient throat ! 

 Stewed, fried, or roasted, panned or on the shell, 

 CV broiled — no man'ir how tbey choose to serve thee, 

 Tjiy ddoiy-s all my ^^nies <iuick compel, '. 

 And for a gartronomic batth nerv^e me. 

 No dainty yet prepared on earth's broad range 

 Can match thee fresh from out thy pearly cloister. 

 Thy name? we'll breathe it — Shakespeare's line to change — 

 Unrivalled dainty ! sure thy name is^Oyster * 



The Family Doctor 



LONDON 

 LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO 



AND NEW YORK : 15 EAST 16*^ STREET ^^ m, 

 1888 



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