Oyster Stuffing for Turkey

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 dozen oysters
• 1 cup of breadcrumbs
• 1 cup of beef suet
• 3 eggs
• salt to taste
• pepper taste
• 1 tbsp. of butter
• 1 tsp. of mace
• 1 pinch of cayenne pepper
• 3 tbsp. of cooking oil

Directions

1. Take three or four dozen nice, plump oysters and wash them.
2. Beard the oysters and add them to 1 cup of bread crumbs.
3. Chop up 1 cup of beef suet.
4. Combine the beef suet, salt, pepper, cayenne, mace and oyster mixture. Moisten the mixture with three eggs.
5. Force the meat into cakes and fry them. They are pretty laid around a turkey or chicken.

Source — La Cuisine Creole 
Prepared by Caroline Cone
Louisiana Anthology
March 27, 2022