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[grandma2pkmh]

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. 

[spumoni99]

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

[grandma2pkmh]

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

[Carmie]

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.

[jannabelle1]

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!

[Sooner]

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.

[grandma2pkmh]

@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?

[Kachina624]

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.

[Marp]

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@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?

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@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.

[SaveTheTurtles]

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.