• A few dashes lemon juice
• One dash tabasco sauce
• Teaspoonful vinegar
• A few dashes tomato catsup
• Six Blue Point oysters
• Pepper and salt to taste

A few dashes lemon juice in a tumbler, add a dash of tabasco sauce, a teaspoonful of vinegar, a few dashes tomato catsup, six Blue Point oysters, with all their liquor; season to taste with pepper and salt. Mix and serve with small fork or spoon in the glass.

The Gorham Cocktail Book, 1905