Oyster Catsup

Ingredients

• oysters
• 1 ounce salt
• 2 drachms mace
• 1 drachm cayenne pepper
• 1 pint white wine
• 1 glass brandy

Instructions

1. Get fine fresh oysters and wash them in their own liquor.
2. Put them in a marble mortar with salt, pounded mace, and cayenne pepper, in the proportions of one ounce salt, two drachms mace, and one of cayenne to each pint of oysters.
3. Pound them together and add a pint of white wine to each pint.
4. Boil it some minutes and rub it through a sieve.
5. Boil it again and skim it.
6. When cold, bottle, cork, and seal it.
7. This composition gives a fine flavour to white sauces, and if a glass of brandy be added, it will keep good for a considerable time.