{"id":2570,"slug":"pickled-oysters","title":"Pickled Oysters","description":"This recipe for pickled oysters was adapted and modernized from the 1881 Household Cyclopedia.","ingredients_raw":["100 oysters","1 tbsp salt","1 teacup vinegar","1 tbsp black peppercorns","1 tsp mace","1 tsp cloves"],"ingredients_norm":["oyster","salt","vinegar","black peppercorn","mace","clove"],"steps":["Drain off the liquor from the oysters, and wash them.","Combine the oysters with the salt and vinegar; simmer them for about 10 minutes, discarding any scum that rises to the surface.","Take out the oysters, leaving the liquid. Place oysters in a jar.","Add the peppercorns, mace, and cloves to the oyster liquid, and boil for 5 minutes.","Skim the liquid, and pour it over the oysters in the jar."],"categories":["Seafood recipes","Pescatarian recipes","Halal recipes","Recipes using oyster","Recipes for pickles","Recipes using clove"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Pickled_Oysters","source_ref":"4630378","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Pickled_Oysters&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"cd332f88f8e27a122cd0fb949dd5d8090d352add344c01503a14bb253e9a72a0","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/pickled-oysters"}