Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter and then strain or pour it off carefully, leaving the sediment in the melting pan. Put the strained butter in a heated dish in which you are going to serve the oysters. Have ready a good-sized kettle of boiling water. Have the oysters drained in a bowl, which hold close to the kettle in your left hand. Now with a skimmer take out five or six oysters. Throw them into the boiling water for just a minute. Then with the same skimmer take them out, drain carefully, throw them into the heated dish of melted butter, and so continue until you have the desired quantity boiled. Add then to each twenty-five a half-teaspoonful of salt and just a grain of cayenne. Serve smoking hot. This is one of the most delicious ways of cooking oysters. If you use wine, two tablespoonfuls of sherry may be added.