. What to have for luncheon. aybe able to strike just the place near the hard85 Oysters in the Half Shell connecting muscle, which admits the pointof the knife. Hold the oyster with the hol-low shell down and the pointed end towardyou, and find this point near the upperright-hand corner. By observing the posi-tion of the dark spot in the inside of theshell you will open the next more the oyster from the shell, and turn itover in the hollow shell, and arrange thesein a plate of broken ice. From four to sixis the allowance for each person. Serve aslice or point of lemon in the centre.
. What to have for luncheon. aybe able to strike just the place near the hard85 Oysters in the Half Shell connecting muscle, which admits the pointof the knife. Hold the oyster with the hol-low shell down and the pointed end towardyou, and find this point near the upperright-hand corner. By observing the posi-tion of the dark spot in the inside of theshell you will open the next more the oyster from the shell, and turn itover in the hollow shell, and arrange thesein a plate of broken ice. From four to sixis the allowance for each person. Serve aslice or point of lemon in the centre. Seethat the shells are well cleaned before open-ing or serving. Bars of brown bread slightly toasted mayaccompany the oysters, if wafers or crack-ers are not desired. Or serve the cocktail mixture in a tinyglass in the centre, then those who like thesauce may dip their oysters into it. (Seeillustration on opposite page.) Caviare Canapes May Suat^ round slices of bread, one-thirdinch thick, in hot butter, until a delicate 86. Caviare Canapes golden brown. Drain and cool. Chop suf-ficient watercress very fine to make two ta-blespoons, and then mix it well into thesame amount of creamed butter; add saltand paprika to taste, and spread it on thetoasted bread. Cover with a layer of ca-viare, sprinkle lemon juice over it and serveon a small plate lined with a paper doily. June Crab Canapes Cut slices of fresh bread one-half inchthick and spread with anchovy paste, thensprinkle crab meat over the surface, witha few bits of minced green pepper. Pressit slightly into the butter and serve asabove. July Clam Canapes Remove the soft parts from hot boiledclams and chop them fine. Add the yolkof one raw egg beaten slightly, and suffi-cient soft white bread crumbs to make asmooth paste. Season with lemon juice,black pepper and melted butter. Spread iton half-inch slices of brown bread and staadin the oven until hot, then serve at Lobster Canapes August Dry and pound fine the coral fr
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