Aunt Effies Oyster Stew

I know this recipe was given to my Aunt by her mother-in-law when she was a young woman in the early 1900’s. It is a quick-fix meal that uses canned oysters. This makes a good hearty light meal to end your day. Serve with a nice bread or in bread bowls with chunks of different cheese. My Aunt used smoked shucked oysters plain shucked oysters. She also cooked this until the edges curled and the center firmed.

Step: 1

Combine 3 cups water and potato in a Dutch oven over medium heat; bring to a boil and cook until the potato is soft, 4 to 5 minutes.

Step: 2

Stir the butter into the potato cubes and cook an additional 5 minutes.

Step: 3

Whisk the flour and 1/3 cup water together in a small bowl until smooth; stir into the potato mixture.

Step: 4

Mix the oysters with their liquid, whipping cream, mushrooms, powdered milk, salt, and Worcestershire sauce into the potato mixture; cook until warmed through, 5 to 10 minutes. Thin with additional water as needed, adding 1/4 cup at a time, stirring continually, until you get your desired consistency.

Per Serving: 397 calories; protein 9.3g; carbohydrates 18.7g; fat 32.3g; cholesterol 136.5mg; sodium 1115.7mg.

The name of “stew” can process to both a food and a make dishes method. Stewing involves not fast cooking piece of meat, vegetables or beans in a tastefull liquid . It’s similar to braising, but it does have a few notable differences. The meat is chopped into smaller pieces but of being cooked all of it , and the liquid all of it covers the essential in a stew as different to a braise’s halfway all of it . When meat or vegetables are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.

Stew has a reputation for making a rib-sticking eating process that warms you up on a cold , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew can make warming properties , but stew’s comfort factor more than a way beyond preserving you from the chill . It’s all about those soft and chunks of food and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together creates the ultimate comfort food, no matter the weather.