The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

490. INGREDIENTS.--Sufficient oysters to fill a pint measure, 1 pint of

sherry, 3 oz. of salt, 1 drachm of cayenne, 2 drachms of pounded mace. _Mode_.--Procure the oysters very fresh, and open sufficient to fill a pint measure; save the liquor, and scald the oysters in it with the sherry; strain the oysters, and put them in a mortar with the salt, cayenne, and mace; pound the whole until reduced to a pulp, then add it to the liquor in which they were scalded; boil it again five minutes, and skim well; rub the whole through a sieve, and, when cold, bottle and cork closely. The corks should be sealed. _Seasonable_ from September to April. _Note_.--Cider may be substituted for the sherry. PICKLED OYSTERS.