Excerpt from Consolidated Library of Modern Cooking and Household Recipes, Vol. 1 A glance at the "board" shows the water has been poured, and the first course, consisting of raw oysters, has been served, presenting the appearance shown in illustration. The oysters may be in the shell on an oyster plate, or without shells on a specially made plate. In either case the plate should be placed on top of a serving plate of decorated china. The oysters should either be thoroughly chilled, or served on cracked ice, and accompanied with a bit of lemon. Horseradish and pepper sauce are the proper articles to serve with them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.