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Shanna's Sweet Brain & Oysters Casserole

1 pair sweetbreads
2 dozen oysters
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup cream or milk
2 egg yolks, hard cooked
Pepper and salt
Puff or plain pie-paste

Prepare sweetbreads. Make a white sauce with fat, flour, cream or milk, and add the egg yolks, chopped very fine. Add sweetbreads and prepared oysters to the sauce. Season, put in a deep baking dish, cover with a layer of paste, and bake

1857
Supreme Court, in Dred Scott decision, rules that a slave is not a citizen. Financial crisis in Europe and U.S. Great Mutiny (Sepoy Rebellion) begins in India. India placed under crown rule as a result.