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Central Avenue Oyster Bar Stew Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Notyourmomma / All my dishes 2 years, 3 months ago Not the Grand Central Oyster bar version, but the local St. Pete adaptation. Actually made in neat steamer pots at the old Kingfisher Restaurant, John's Pass FL. Mom adapted the recipe for home prep and we love it (only in months without the "r") ... More Prep:10m Cook:10m Servings:2	Notyourmomm
	super easy delightful creamy oyster stew

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Ingredients

1 pint of oysters, freshest possible

3 tablespoons of butter divided

1/2 teaspoon of Worchestershire sauce

1/2 teaspoon of celery salt

1/2 cup of liquid from oysters

1/2 cup of bottled clam juice

2 cups of milk

dash of paprika

Directions

Drain oysters, reserving liquor.

Heat together 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter, worchestershire sauce, and celery salt, bring to boil.

Add oysters and mixed oyster and clam juice.

Heat until the edges begin to curl.

Pour in milk and heat just below the boiling point.

When ready to serve, split the reserved 3/4 tablespoon of butter between the bottom of your two bowls and ladle the stew over top. Sprinkle with a dash of paprika.

“This is not that, and that is certainly not this, and at the same time an oyster stew is not stewed, and although they are made of the same things and even cooked almost the same way, an oyster soup should never be called a stew, nor stew soup.”

M.F.K. Fisher (1908-1992)

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99bordeaux 2 years, 3 months ago said:
YUMMMMMM! It's getting to be that time of year again -when a nice rich pot of stew & crusty bread tastes best! Of course that would be an "r" month -is this just a wives tale? I googled it & per: www.salishseafoods.com/pages/myths.html
they say it's just a myth in the USA, but it appears to be somewhat true in "certain European oyster."

krumkake 2 years, 3 months ago said:
NYM, I love oyster stew (and no holiday is complete around here with scalloped oysters - ever had them?)...this recipe sounds tastier than the one I usually make - a bit more "upscale" (I've never added clam juice)...I will be trying this when cool weather comes...Oyster stew, with a handful of oyster crackers - I'm hungry!

notyourmomma 2 years, 3 months ago said:
I liken the brininess of the clam juice, I don't think it flavored salt water. JMO.