Dating of "Angels on Horseback"

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:46 PM -0500 1/17/06, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>1886 gets a thank you?
>...
>I realize no one (NO ONE!) checks this, the ADS-L archives, not even  the old
>ADS-L archives that destroyed so much of my work:
>...
>...
>ANGELS ON HORSEBACK & PIG IN A BLANKET--NY DAILY TRIBUNE, 2 April 1882,  pg.
>4, col. 4:
>OYSTER BLANKET--This is sometimes called in the country "pig  in a blanket."
>In England it is considered so good and "earthy" a dish,  that it is
>designated "angels on horseback."  It is a new (NEW!--ed.) and
>delicious entree,
>especially for shy dinner guests who are thankful for  something to
>talk about in
>the first half hour of a dinner party.  Take  twelve or more large-sized
>oysters from their shells, removing their beards;


and once their beards are off, they're just Angels (on Horseback)
With Dirty Faces

LH

>  cover each with a very thin
>slice of fat of bacon, dipping each slice into hot  water, and
>well-drying it with
>a cloth before rolling it round the oyster; then  place them on a fine skewer
>and suspend them before the fire until the bacon is  nicely cooked.  A slice
>of soft buttered toast should be under them while  cooking, and on it they
>should be sent up very hot to the table.  If not  convenient to cook
>them before
>the fire, they may be broiled on the  gridiron.
>
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