Recipe - Oyster Pancakes

1 One half cup Oysters
4 Scallion stalks
4 Eggs
One half teaspoon Salt
1 ds Pepper
4 tablespoon Flour
One half teaspoon Baking powder
One fourth cup Oyster liquid
Oil
6 tablespoon Vinegar
1 Or
2 teaspoon Hot sauce

1. Shell oysters reserving their liquid, and chop coarsely. Cut scallion
stalks in 1/2inch sections.

2. Beat eggs. Then stir in salt, pepper, oysters and scallions.

3. Sift flour, together with baking powder. Blend to a paste with oyster
liquid; then stir into egg mixture.

4. Heat a skillet and grease lightly with a drop of oil. Spoon oyster
batter onto skillet (with a large spoon) to make pancakes 2 inches in
diameter. Brown lightly on each side. Remove and keep warm.

5. Repeat, reoiling skillet each time batter is added. Serve pancakes with
a dip made by mixing vinegar and hot sauce.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.