Rice Dressing With Oysters

Ingredients

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

Directions

1. Put 3 cups of rice in 2 cups of water over a quick fire.
2. Let come to a good boil.
3. Cover closely and cook slowly for 1⁄2 hour.
4. Put a large spoon of lard in a pan, add one small onion cut fine, 1 tablespoon pulverized sage, 1 spoon of salt 1 teaspoon of pepper, add 3 dozen oysters, and cook altogether 10 minutes. 
5. Turn the rice out in a bowl, beat 2 eggs and 1 spoon of butter into it well, add the oysters and gravy, and enough juice from the oysters to make it soft. 
6. This is enough to dress a medium-sized turkey. 
7. The oysters can be omitted if desired.
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Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Kerington Bass
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2022