Rice Dressing with Oysters

 

Ingredients

• Three cups rice
• Two cups water
• Oner large spoon of lard
• One small onion
• One tablespoon pulverized sage
• One spoon salt
• One teaspoon pepper
• 3 dozen oysters
• 2 eggs
• One spoon butter

Directions

1. Put rice in water over a quick fire.
2. Let the mixture come to a good boil.
3. Cover closely and cook slow for half an hour.
4. Put lard in pan, add small onion cut fine, pulverized sage, salt, and pepper.
5. Add three oysters.
6. Cook for 10 minutes.
7. Turn rice out in a bowl, beat eggs, and butter into it well, add oysters and gravy, and enough juice from the oysters to make it soft.
8. This is enough to dress a medium sized turkey.
9. The oysters can be omitted if desired.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Samantha Hillman
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021