Oyster stuffing - with some trepidation

Number 1 daughter Alex asked for "oyster stuffing," to my suprise, this year. Hmmm... Oyster stuffing.... well, that will be ok, I guess; I'm game for almost anything, and surely this is not something no one has ever done before.

So, I get the 10 oz jar of fresh oysters at the 99 Ranch market and .... well... just look at them. I google "oyster stuffing," and read about 30 or so recipes. In the end, as usual, I winged it.

I took a box of Mrs. Cubbisons, doubled the celery and onion, did the rest the same, except for adding a couple of eggs and about as much crumbled home-made cornbread as stuffing cubes (no one liked the cornbread, ditch that next year), and after much indecision, chopped the oysters as opposed to leaving them whole. There wasn't a tremendous amount of oyster liquer - juice - so I added that as well, though I suspect you wouldn't under any circumstance want to over-do that element of the dish.

I cooked both stuffings - Dad, Linda, Gus, Grace & Leo were gagging at the very thought, so I did both, on the bbq - in the middle, with the fire on both sides. It was really good! Not tremendously fishy - at all! Really nice, and Alex, Joslyn, Mark and I really did think it was very mild and very nice. Alex has had it for breakfast both days since Thanksgiving, so it must be a winner.

Next year I will leave out the cornbread, although I personally love a stuffing with cornbread. I might add just a few smoked oysters, too, to push to envelope.