oyster stew

[kunk]

Anybody have a good but simple recipe for oyster stew?

[101winchester]

Use whole milk, 1 Gallon, 1 stick or more of butter, 4-5 cans of oysters, a bit of juice from the cans, salt & pepper to taste. Are you using a crock pot or the stove? Make sure you don't over cook or burn the milk. Some people put onions and potatoes in but I don't. Enjoy.. Tim

[fishonnopeoff]

I put leeks in mine.

[waskawood]

I heat 1 pint of fresh oysters with the liquor until the edges slightly curl. In a seperate pan I make a rue with butter and flour, and add 1 quart of whole milk to thicken slightly. Add butter, oyters and liquor, paprika, salt and white pepper and enjoy.

[so haaad]

Our family has made a recipe similar to 101winchester's for 34+ years, and who knows how long my grandparents make it before that. It's always a Christmas Eve tradition.

[Barony]

Gotta have fresh oysters. I get oyster stew at the in-laws and lutefisk at mom and dad's. Can't get a better spread than that! Uf da yah you know! Happy holidays all.

[waskawood]

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Gotta have fresh oysters. I get oyster stew at the in-laws and lutefisk at mom and dad's. Can't get a better spread than that! Uf da yah you know! Happy holidays all.

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Lutefisk has no place in a food forum!!! It is more like a hazardous waste

[so haaad]

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Lutefisk has no place in a food forum!!! It is more like a hazardous waste

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Yeah, I think you have to discard lutefisk at the same place as old batteries and lead paint.

[IFallsRon]

I use my mom's basic potato soup recipe and add oysters, clams, shrimp or fish, depending on what I have and what I want. Additional seasoning as you like.

[Barony]

I won't tell mom all the mean things you guys have said about her favorite ethnic meal that my kids and wife fake to like to make her happy. That's love. .

[Orlip]

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I won't tell mom all the mean things you guys have said about her favorite ethnic meal that my kids and wife fake to like to make her happy. That's love.

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I hear ya, Had to "try" it every year until the "outburst"

Thanks for brining up all those memories.

[kunk]

Thanks Guys,

Oyster stew has always been a tradition in our family, but mom died in October, so I'm on my own now to figure it out. I'm the only one in the family that liked it, and she didn't have a recipe written down.

[Big Julie]

Here is a link to the food network site for a search on oyster stew. It should list a bunch of recipes (19) you can look at and pick what you want:

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I would suggest this one:

Looks like a classic.

Oyster Stew Recipe Courtesy of Emeril Lagasse

Show: Emeril Live

Episode: Louisiana Festivals

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) plus 2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons flour

1 cup chopped onions

1/2 cup chopped celery

2 cups milk

2 dozen oysters, shucked, drained and reserve liquid

Salt and cayenne

Fresh black pepper

1 tablespoon chopped garlic

1/4 cup chopped finely chopped parsley

In a large saute pan, melt the 4 tablespoons butter. Stir in the flour, stirring constantly and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the onions and celery and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the milk and oyster liquid. Season the mixture with salt, cayenne and black pepper. Bring the liquid up to a simmer. Simmer the liquid for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the oysters, garlic and parsley. Bring the liquid back up to a simmer and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the oysters curl. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and remove from the heat. Ladle the soup into the terrine.

[DinkADunk]

Emeril's is very good, very similar to one in an early 50's Joy of Cooking I have. If you add potatoes and such then it's an Oyster Chowder (nothing wrong with that at all). If you have problems with getting the milk too hot then prepare it with a double boiler. I like to sautee some vegtables (celery, leeks, etc) in pork fat, make a reux, add some chicken stock and potatoes (can add a sweet potato too, or fenel, or turnip if you want), then cook until the potatoes and/or root vegtables are almost cooked, then add some milk, cream, spices (old bay is nice or your favorite heat), fresh fish, scallops, oysters, and some roasted vegtables (red or yellow bell pepper). Heat through and finish with some fresh minced parsley and thin slivers of parmesan regianno.

I like to eat it with a good beer (Chimay Red, Samuel Adams Winter Lager) and home made sourdough bread (I've kept my starter going for the last 15 years and it's pretty good now).

[waskawood]

Hey Dink. I have been thinking of starting a sourdough culture ever since we got back from San Francisco last October. Can you give me any tips? Thanks.....

[DinkADunk]

Easiest way to get a very good starter and a decent pot to keep it in is to get the sourdough starter kit (Sourdough & Crock Set) from Bakers Catalog. If you feed it weekly it will last forever.