Not necessary to use eggs. Drop the oysters into a plate of cracker meal and give them a good coating. Be careful not to rub it off as it will not stick a second time Drop an ounce of butter in the frying pan, and when melted lay in the oysters close together. Cook over a brisk fire to get brown on one side without hardening them. Lay a small plate upside down on the oysters, turn over the pan, then slide the cake of oysters from the plate into the pan again without letting them break apart, and brown the other side. Serve on the plate set in another plate. Ornament with lemon and parsley. There are oval shaped pans for such sautees as this, to be in shape for a platter.

Cost of material - 12 medium oysters 7, butter 2, cracker meal 1, lemon and parsley garnish 1, table extras 4, 15 cents.