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Show MINCED PIES. - One and one-half pounds of beef suet, finely chopped, one and one-half pounds of currants, cleansed, one and one-half pounds of apples nicely chopped, one-half pound candied peel, cut fine, one pound of raisins chopped, one pound of brown sugar, two lemons, juice and rind, two wine glasses of boiled cider. Bake in the following puff paste. One pound of flour, one-half pound of lard, one-half pound of butter; rub with half; mix with one-half pint of water; roll out and spread the butter and lard on it. Let it stand an hour in a cold place before making the pies. ROASTED OYSTERS. - Select the desired quantity of the freshest and best quality of large oysters, such as you would for the finest fry; wash the shells until they are as clean as polished marble; place them in a dripping pan with the round shell down; put in a hot oven about twenty minutes; remove one of the shells, the round one, only when you come to eat them, placing on them a small piece of the freshest and sweetest of table butter, a dash of cayenne pepper and a few drops of a piece of a fresh bright lemon. |