Oysters Casino Recipe

• 24 Oysters
• 1/4 Cup parsley, finely chopped
• 1/4 Cup celery, chopped
• 1/4 Cup green pepper, chopped
• 1/2 Can sweet butter
• 12 Pieces bacon, half cooked
• 1/3 Cup shallots, finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp Pimiento, chopped
• 1 Lemon

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F.
• Place the oysters on a baking pan with a deep layer of rock salt.
• Shell side of the oysters should be embedded in the rock salt.
• Remove seeds and membranes from the pepper before chopping.
• Mix together the parsley, shallots, celery and green pepper.
• Squeeze the lemon into the mixture.
• Cream this mixture thoroughly.
• Place small amounts of the mixture on each oyster.
• Put 1/2 tsp of pimento and a bacon piece on each oyster.
• Bake for about 5 minutes until the bacon pieces turn brown.