Fried Deviled Oysters

Deviled oysters are fried in butter with cayenne and lemon juice, then rolled in crumbs and fried in a mixture of boiling fat and butter.

Take one pint of oysters or sufficient to make a good dish, wipe them dry and lay them on a flat dish; cover with butter well-warmed and mixed with cayenne pepper and lemon juice, turn them over and over in this mixture for ten minutes, then roll them in a paper of rolled crackers or sifted breadcrumbs; dip them into beaten egg and again roll them in the crumbs, fry them in boiling lard and butter mixed and serve as hot as possible.