Monday, January 6, 2020

Pickled Oysters

Ingredients

  • Oysters
  • Mace
  • Pepper
  • Vinegar
  • Salt

Directions

  1. Boil oysters in their own liquor until done 
  2. Add mace and pepper
  3. Strain the liquor and vinegar
  4. Place oysters in a mason jar
  5. Add salt for taste
  6. Cover oysters in the mixture
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Vernisha Cotton
Louisiana Anthology
January 6, 2020

Pickled Oysters

Ingredients

  • Oysters
  • Mace
  • Pepper
  • Vinegar
  • Salt

Directions

  1. Boil oysters in their own liquor until done 
  2. Add mace and pepper
  3. Strain the liquor and vinegar
  4. Place oysters in a mason jar
  5. Add salt for taste
  6. Cover oysters in the mixture
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Vernisha Cotton
Louisiana Anthology
January 6, 2020

Oyster Pie

Ingredients

  • Puff pastry
  • Oysters
  • Eggs
  • 2-3 pieces of butter
  • Mace
  • Salt and pepper
  • Flour

Directions

  1. Create a crust with puff paste and coat with flour
  2. Lay the oysters at the bottom of the dish
  3. Boil 3-4 hard eggs 
  4. Add 2-3 pieces of butter
  5. Add salt, pepper, and mace
  6.  Add more oysters and eggs (according to your liking) 
  7. Cover the dish is puff paste and bake until brown
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Vernisha Cotton
Louisiana Anthology
January 6, 2020

Oyster Pie

Ingredients

  • Puff pastry
  • Oysters
  • Eggs
  • 2-3 pieces of butter
  • Mace
  • Salt and pepper
  • Flour

Directions

  1. Create a crust with puff paste and coat with flour
  2. Lay the oysters at the bottom of the dish
  3. Boil 3-4 hard eggs 
  4. Add 2-3 pieces of butter
  5. Add salt, pepper, and mace
  6.  Add more oysters and eggs (according to your liking) 
  7. Cover the dish is puff paste and bake until brown
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Vernisha Cotton
Louisiana Anthology
January 6, 2020

Oyster Sausage

Ingredients

  • Pint of Oysters
  • Quarter pound of veal 
  • Quarter pound of suet
  • Bread crumbs
  • One egg
  • Flour
  • Salt and pepper

Directions

  1. Chop a pint of oysters with a 1/4 of a pound of veal and suet
  2. Add bread crumbs
  3. Add an egg
  4. Add a little flour (however much for you liking)
  5. Season with salt and pepper 
  6. Pound all them in a mortar
  7. Fry in small cakes for 2 minutes on both sides until brown
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Vernisha Cotton
Louisiana Anthology
January 6, 2020

Oyster Sausage

Ingredients

  • Pint of Oysters
  • Quarter pound of veal 
  • Quarter pound of suet
  • Bread crumbs
  • One egg
  • Flour
  • Salt and pepper

Directions

  1. Chop a pint of oysters with a 1/4 of a pound of veal and suet
  2. Add bread crumbs
  3. Add an egg
  4. Add a little flour (however much for you liking)
  5. Season with salt and pepper 
  6. Pound all them in a mortar
  7. Fry in small cakes for 2 minutes on both sides until brown
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Vernisha Cotton
Louisiana Anthology
January 6, 2020

Sausage Rice Casserole

Ingredients

  • 4 cups of water
  • 1 cup of Rice
  • 1 box Lipton Noodle Soup (both pouches)
  • 1 lb Jimmy Dean Hot Sausage 
  • 1 tablespoon of butter 

Directions

  • Bring water to a boil, once boiling add rice and lipton soup mix
  • Boil for 10 minutes, take off burner and cover until rice has soaked up water
  • Brown your sausage and drain
  • Mix your sausage and your rice
  • Cover bottom and sides of casserole pan in butter
  • Cover with foil and bake on 350 degrees for 45 minutes
  • Let cool for 10 minutes before serving

— Bronwyn Pepper


Source — Family
Prepared by — Bronwyn Pepper
January 6, 2020