How to Make a Prairie Oyster

A prairie oyster is both an old hangover "cure" that some swear by^{[1]
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Ingredients

Basic recipe

1 raw egg yolk
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
2 dashes of Tabasco sauce (or other hot sauce you like)

Vinegar and tomato prairie oyster

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon tomato juice
2 dashes white wine vinegar
1 dash pepper sauce
1 raw egg yolk

Brandy prairie oyster

2 oz brandy
1/2 oz Worcestershire sauce
1/2 oz red wine vinegar
1 dash Tabasco sauce
1 teaspoon tomato ketchup
Cayenne pepper, to taste
1 raw egg yolk

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:
Basic recipe

1
Crack the egg first. Tip the egg yolk into the glass without breaking it. (If you can manage that with a hangover, you're on the mend!)
2
Pour in the teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce and 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce.
3
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
4
Drink it down in one go. If you're lucky, you'll chase away that hangover. Have some rest.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:
Vinegar and tomato prairie oyster

1
Pour all of the ingredients except for the egg yolk into the glass.
2
Crack the egg yolk carefully into the glass on top of the ingredients already in there. Avoid breaking it.
3
Tip it down the hatch in one gulp. Rest some more.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:
Brandy prairie oyster (cocktail version)

1
Pour the brandy, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, red wine vinegar and tomato ketchup into a cocktail shaker. Shake briefly.
2
Strain the liquid into the glass.
3
Crack the egg. Float the unbroken egg yolk on top of the drink. Sprinkle with cayenne pepper.
4
Swallow it all at once. This one may be enjoyed as a cocktail in its own right, no need for a hangover.
5
Finished.