Oyster Cocktail

Name: Oyster Cocktail
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: a dash of Worcester sauce; ½ a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar; a teaspoon of finely chopped celery, or; a few drops of Tabasco; a good pinch of salt.; a salt spoon of celery seed; Allow 2 small oysters for each person, and to every 8 oysters allow 1 tablespoon of tomato ketchup; Allow 2 small oysters for each person, and to every 8 oysters allow 1 tablespoon of tomato ketchup; ½ a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar; Allow 2 small oysters for each person, and to every 8 oysters allow 1 tablespoon of tomato ketchup

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

There are many excellent American recipes for oyster cocktail, which is a typical American apéritif.

Ingredients

Allow 2 small oysters for each person, and to every 8 oysters allow 1 tablespoon of tomato ke

Americas
United States
Pescatarian
Drinks

Method

Put 2 oysters in each glass and pour over them a little of the sauce made by mixing all the ingredients. This should be well iced.

Another favourite oyster cocktail is made in the same way, but the celery is omitted, and