topic Re: OYSTER STEW in Recipes

OYSTER STEW

grandma2pkmh — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:38:49 GMT

I love Oyster Stew, grew up eating it. Campbells used to make it in cans but stopped years ago for some unknown reason. The only one I can find now is Hilton's Oyster Stew which I have found once and awhile at Lidls. Amazon has it 6 cans for $109.00 only $18.17 per can, yep you read that right. They can keep it.

I know how to make it but it makes so much and there is only me to eat it. Is there a way to keep the excess? Can you freeze it? (it's mosly milk/half and half)

Any suggestions? Don't say make less, it's just not in my DNA to make a little of anything.

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spumoni99 — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:41:00 GMT

I have never had oyster stew, sounds interesting though. Can you get it at a restaurant?

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grandma2pkmh — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:52:14 GMT

@spumoni99 Maybe but I don't go to restaurants so I don't know. Perhaps at a seafood place.

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Carmie — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:04:20 GMT

yes, it can be frozen. Place it in the fridge to get it cold before putting it in the freezer. I freeze in freezer ziplocks in individual servings. Squeeze out the air in the bag. Eat within a month or so. Thaw in the fridge, not microwave. Heat on the stove....don't over heat.

i love oyster stew. Yumm.

Oysters are " in season" in October, November and December. You can freeze oysters too.

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jannabelle1 — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:06:41 GMT

My mother made it twice a year so the recipe is always top of mind to me. If you get your fresh oysters at your grocers seafood department, could you purchase a smaller amount? Cook the oysters in about a half stick of butter until the edges curl, add probably 2 or 3 cups of whole milk and a lot of celery salt. I'd think the key would be to buy a smaller amount of fresh oysters. As for freezing them or the stew, I'm not sure about that....seems like the oysters could be frozen but I don't know how the stew would taste. Oyster stew made with the smaller amount of oysters and milk wouldn't be too much for one person to eat!

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Sooner — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:07:07 GMT

Love Love Love oysters. But the only ones here are "Mountain" oysters. And yes I have tried them--just thin thin sliced stuff batter fried. So that was that.

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grandma2pkmh — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:12:10 GMT

@Carmie Thank you! Do you think I could put a serving size in a Food Saver Bag, close the top with a clip, then freeze it, take it out and then use the Food Saver to pull all of the air out it would last a little longer?

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Kachina624 — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 01:19:03 GMT

My mom and dad loved oyster stew and mom made it fairly often. She started giving my sister and me an alternate choice when she discovers us feeding the cat our oysters under the table.

I still won't eat them to this day.

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Marp — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 01:29:29 GMT

@grandma2pkmh wrote:
@Carmie Thank you! Do you think I could put a serving size in a Food Saver Bag, close the top with a clip, then freeze it, take it out and then use the Food Saver to pull all of the air out it would last a little longer?

@grandma2pkmh, when I freeze soups or stews I freeze them in an appropriate size bowl then pop the frozen contents out and place in a Food Saver bag and vacuum seal.

By doing a two step process you avoid spills while waiting for the contents to freeze and the vacuuming process seems to work better.

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SaveTheTurtles — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 01:33:00 GMT

My dad used to like the campbells oyster stew in cans. I used to eat the broth with oyster crackers in it, never touched the oysters, lol. I would imagine it's not a cheap variety of soup/stew to make these days.

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Carmie — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 01:47:57 GMT

@grandma2pkmh wrote:
@Carmie Thank you! Do you think I could put a serving size in a Food Saver Bag, close the top with a clip, then freeze it, take it out and then use the Food Saver to pull all of the air out it would last a little longer?

The food saver is a good idea. It will keep it fresh. Milk/ cream does not keep in the freezer too well for months at a time, so I would eat it within a month or two.

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Zernia Rose — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 03:58:14 GMT

@Sooner Are you referring the meat from a bull's testes?

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Sooner — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 04:00:33 GMT

@Zernia Rose wrote:
@Sooner Are you referring the meat from a bull's testes?

@Zernia Rose Yes.

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ECBG — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:35:35 GMT

@grandma2pkmh

If you have raw oysters, you could freeze half the oysters and liquid. Make sure your freezer container gives room for expanding. You need to thaw in the refrigerator, so plan ahead.

I freeze oysters and their liquid regularly. Here we can only get good oysters at Thanksgiving at Fresh Market. We don't have a seafood market on this end of town.

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grandma2pkmh — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:30:33 GMT

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I didn't think of freezing half of the oysters. Now I just need to find a store than has fresh oysters. (don't want the canned ones)

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ECBG — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 01:33:45 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
@Zernia Rose wrote:
@Sooner Are you referring the meat from a bull's testes?
@Zernia Rose Yes.

@Sooner

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grandma2pkmh — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:19:42 GMT

To all you lovely ladies who answered my post, I am here to to say I finally made my oyster stew!!

I say it was almost as good as my moms but it was certainly very tasty. I found a small container of oysters in the seafood section of Publix. strangely it was by the same company that makes the canned version (Hilton's). They were huge maybe 5 in the container but they worked.

I made enough for dinner tonight and 2 other nights. I never have to do without again.