Oysters Fried in Batter

Ingredients

• 1/2 pint oysters
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 pint milk
• sufficient flour to make the batter
• pepper and salt to taste, when liked
• a little nutmeg
• hot lard

Instructions

1. Scald the oysters in their own liquor, beard them, and lay them on a cloth, to drain thoroughly.
2. Break the eggs into a basin, mix the flour with them, add the milk gradually, with nutmeg and seasoning, and put the oysters in the batter.
3. Make some lard hot in a deep frying-pan, put in the oysters, one at a time;
4. when done, take them up with a sharp-pointed skewer, and dish them on a napkin.
5. Fried oysters are frequently used for garnishing boiled fish, and then a few bread crumbs should be added to the flour.