Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not warm! It's 46 in the house and 19 outside this morning (the Aga is my only heat). Oyster Stew on Christmas Eve is a tradition in the south - like black-eyed peas and collard greens on New Year's Day. I looked up where the oyster stew tradition came from: In Bill Neal?s Southern Cooking <http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Neals-Southern-Cooking-Neal/dp/0807842559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291669463&sr=8-1#_> (1989), Neal writes, ?Before acceptance of refrigerated food transport (for meat only, first, and that was in the 1880s), inland food supplies depended on the weather. Even after the first frost warm spells threatened the integrity of almost any product, especially seafood. Only December, though the fourth ?R? month, guaranteed enough sustained cold weather for shipping. Then, from Baltimore, to Charleston, to New Orleans, oysters were shoveled onto the flat backs of horse-drawn wagons and packed down in wet straw and seaweed for an inland journey sometimes lasting two weeks or more. Far from the coast, oyster became a symbol of the arrival of the winter holiday season, appearing in the markets by Christmas Eve and on the tables that night as oyster stew.? I just know I love it and it's so easy to make!! Tina On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > I hope you are warm and your Oyster stew is delish. Sounds great I've never > tried it. Yesterday somebody mentioned oyster pie. Can't remember where. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > > > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:21:59 -0500 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Christmas chores > > > > Looks wonderful! We always have oyster stew on Christmas Eve. Much > easier > > on the cook! > > > > Tina > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com