{"id":2959,"slug":"scalloped-oysters","title":"Scalloped Oysters","description":"This recipe for scalloped oysters was adapted from the 1881 Household Cyclopedia and modernized.","ingredients_raw":["100 oysters, shucked","1 loaf bread, crumbed","4 hard-boiled eggs, peeled","Salt, to taste","Cayenne pepper, to taste","Mace (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["oysters shucked","loaf bread crumbed","hard boiled egg","salt","cayenne pepper","mace"],"steps":["Chop the eggs very fine, and mix with the crumbs. Season with cayenne, salt, and mace.","Cover the bottom of a deep pie dish with the eggs and crumbs.","Use a fork to place a layer of oysters over the egg mixture, along with 2–3 small pieces of butter. Continue until all ingredients are used up, reserving sufficient crumbs for a final layer.","Bake 45 minutes at 375–400°F. Serve hot."],"categories":["Seafood recipes","Halal Recipes","Recipes using hard-cooked egg","Recipes using oyster","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using bread"],"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:Scalloped_Oysters","source_ref":"4630383","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Scalloped_Oysters&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"553069177b01eeae44ac2f6d7d5ffc196c24e6a8b35415f85f9ec0fdcc47c254","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:20Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/scalloped-oysters"}