Dating of "Angels on Horseback"

[Michael McKernan]

Douglas G. Wilson wrote:

> From ProQuest:
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>_Boston Daily Globe_, 24 Dec. 1886: p. 2:
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><<"Angels on Horseback" is the name of a toothsome dish .... The recipe for
>mounting the angels is as follows: "Wrap a large oyster in a thin slice of
>fat bacon. Put this on a long skewer: do the same to as many as the skewer
>will hold: roast them before the fire. Serve as they are on a dish-paper,
>with a serviette to hold the end of the skewer while removing each with a
>fork." Dismounting "angels" with a fork is good.>>


Thanks, Doug.

Michael McKernan

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