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Spirit-forward · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Prairie Oyster

Prairie Oyster is a raw egg in a wine glass with vinegar, salt, and pepper.

egg · vinegar · savory · restorative

Served in Wine glass.

Family

Variants (8)

American and Other Drinks by Leo Engel (1878, p.91)

1 wholeegg — new-laidbase
pepper — to tasteother
salt — small quantityother
0.5 teaspoonVinegar other
  1. Place the egg in a wine glass, gently add the vinegar down the inside of the glass, season with salt and pepper, and swallow in one draught.

American and Other Drinks by Charlie Paul (1884, p.19)

0.5 tspVinegar base
1 wholeegg — new laid eggother
pepper — Source says a little.other
salt — Source says a little.other
1 dashWorcestershire sauce — Optional; source says a drop.other
  1. Build directly in a wine glass and drink as served.

The Reminder by Jacob A. Didier (1909, p.95) — Didier 1909

1 tablespoonfulVinegar or lemon juice — vinegar or lemon juicebase
1 wholeegg — fresh eggother
1 dashpepper — pepperother
1 dashsalt — saltother
  1. Put the vinegar or lemon juice, egg, salt, and pepper in a whiskey glass.
  2. Serve.

This is important because it preserves the raw-egg bracer as a real bar-room service entry rather than a later novelty.

Cocktail-Ology by Count Benvenito Martini (1916) — Cocktail-Ology, whiskey drinks section

1 jiggerrye whiskey — ryebase
1 wholeegg yolk other
3 dashWorcestershire other
  1. Pour rye and Worcestershire into a cocktail glass, then float egg yolk on top.

Ice: None

L'Art du Shaker by Dominique Migliorero (1925, p.52)

1 coffee spoonWorcestershire sauce base
dry sherry — Dry sherrymodifier
1 coffee spoonchili vinegar — Chili vinegarother
1 yolkegg yolk — Fresh egg yolkother
salt and pepper — Salt and pepperother
  1. Build in a cocktail glass without mixing, serve with a glass of water on the side, and swallow in one go.

El Bar Americano en España by Pedro Chicote (1927, p.153)

1 coffee spooncoñac — 1 cucharada de las de café de coñacbase
1 wholeyema de huevo fresco — 1 yema de huevo frescobase
pimienta molida — Sprinkled at service.other
sal — Sprinkled at service.other
1 tablespoonsalsa inglesa (Perryns) — 1 cucharada de salsa inglesa (Perryns)other
0.5 coffee spoontomate Ketchup — 1/2 cucharada de las de café de tomate Ketchupother
0.5 coffee spoonvinagre — 1/2 cucharada de las de café de vinagreother
  1. Build in a wine glass and season with a little salt and ground pepper.
  2. Drink it in one go.

Garnish: Salt and pepper

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier (1936, p.37)

1 teaspoonVinegar — Vinegarbase
1 unitegg yolk — Egg Yolkother
pepper — Pepperother
salt — Saltother
1 teaspoontomato sauce — Tomato Sauceother
1 teaspoonWorcestershire sauce — Worcestershire Sauceother
  1. Build in a cocktail glass and serve with a glass of ice water.

Ice: Ice

Café Royal Cocktail Book by W. J. Tarling (1937, p.171)

1 teaspoonfulWorcestershire sauce — Worcester Saucebase
1 unitegg yolk — yolk of one eggother
1 dashpepper other
1 teaspoonfultomato catsup — Tomato Catsupother
2 dashesVinegar other
  1. Pour into a small glass without breaking the yolk.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Morning Delight, Nox All Bracer

Brandy or dry sherry may be used to replace vinegar.