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Oyster Waffles Shortcake

The Way We Cooked: Vintage Gourmet

February 1942
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Makes 6

For the waffles, use the first waffle recipe. Then prepare this filling: Pour 1 pint small oysters into 1 cup scalded milk, and remove the oysters at once. To the scalded milk, add 2 tablespoons butter, salt, black pepper, celery salt, and nutmeg to taste. Bring the milk mixture again to the boiling point, and add 1 tablespoon sieved and browned soda cracker crumbs, 1 cup heavy cream, scalded, and 3 tablespoons good Sherry. Stir the whole until it is smooth and well blended; then add the oysters, reheat, and pour a part at once into the center of a baked waffle. Cover with another waffle, and serve sandwich fashion. Or leave the top waffle off, if you like to see the filling.



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