Drain the oysters. Mix some flour with part of the liquor, put the rest of the liquor on the stove, let come to a boil; add oysters and flour and let come to a boil again; add pepper and salt and piece of butter. Then fill dish with layer of sauer kraut and layer of oysters alternately. Serve at once. — Mrs. Werner.
SWEET PICKLE.
Take seven pounds of fruit, three pounds sugar, one quart vinegar, one-half ounce each mace, cinnamon and cloves, and scald all together. Take out the fruit and boil the syrup down and pour over; repeat this for three days.
COLD TOMATO CATSUP.
One-half peck tomatoes, three pints of good vinegar, three-fourths cup salt, three-fourths cup ground mustard seed, three peppers, handful celery seed, one tablespoon grated horse-radish. Mix well and bottle tight.
SPICED BEEF.
Chop one pound raw beefsteak and a piece of suet or pork the size of an egg. Add one-half pint bread crumbs or crackers, two eggs, six tablespoons cream or milk, a small piece of butter. Season with savory, marjoram, salt and pepper. Mix and make in a roll with flour enough to keep together. Bake. When cold slice thin.