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INGREDIENTS
1 (16ounce)bag pepperidge farm bread stuffing cubes
8-16 ounces oysters, with liquid
1/8 teaspoon celery seeds
1/2 cup butter
1 large onion , chopped
1 cup celery , chopped
1 cup mushrooms , chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley , fresh chopped
DIRECTIONS
Simmer oysters in liquid (add water to make at least 2 cups) for 5 minutes.DO NOT BOIL!
Cool oysters, then chop, and reserve liquid.
Saute onions, mushrooms, and celery.
Mix onions, mushrooms, celery, parsley and bread stuffing all together.
Add reserved liquid, if not enough add some [...]
INGREDIENTS
5 medium potatoes (cubed)
1 stalk celery (diced)
1 1/4 cups water
1 (12ounce)can evaporated milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 dozen raw oysters (reserve 1/4 cup liquor from oysters)
2 teaspoons parsley , flades
3 green onions (sliced)
1/4 cup butter or margarine
DIRECTIONS
combine first five ingredients in a saucepan.
cover and cook 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender (do not drain).
mash vegetables.
stir in salt, milk, butter and parsley.
heat and simmer.
then add the oysters with their liquor and cook briefly until the oysters curl.
serve at once.
INGREDIENTS
14 ounces mushroom soup (1 tin, best quality)
3 ounces smoked oysters (1 tin, 85 g)
1 cup cream, fresh and thick (250 ml)
3 1/2 tablespoons dry sherry (50 ml)
2 tablespoons parsley (very finely chopped)
fresh ground black pepper
DIRECTIONS
Heat the soup, stirred well, in a saucepan, but do not boil!
Halve the oysters and add, together with the cream and sherry.
Stir and heat, and again do not boil.
Serve in small, warmed soup cups or [...]
INGREDIENTS
1 (7ounce)can oysters, chopped finely (not smoked)
1-2 hard-boiled egg , chopped finely
1/4 cup diced onions
2 tablespoons sweet relish
salt and pepper
1/4-1/2 cup mayonnaise
27crackers, crumbled (use approx. 3/4 of a sleeve of butter crackers.)
DIRECTIONS
Mix all ingredients, refrigerate and serve on crackers.
Tweak recipe as you desire on amount of egg and mayo. As gram didn’t have a real recipe, I just guessed and I am sure I never make it [...]
INGREDIENTS
2 cups butter , separated
1 1/2 cups finely minced celery
5 tablespoons finely minced shallots
1 gallon half-and-half
2 (32ounce)containers fresh shucked oysters, undrained
salt & fresh ground pepper (at least 2 round tablespoons)
6 dashes Tabasco sauce
celery salt
10-12 pinches paprika , 1 pinch per bowl
DIRECTIONS
Melt 2 sticks of butter in a large skillet over medium heat, add the celery and shallots and saute until the shallots are translucent.
Pour half-and-half into a large pot over medium-high heat. Mix in 2 [...]