Grandmother's Oyster Pie

From Ruth Adams Bronz

This delicacy is generally reserved for the first day of the year and is eaten to ensure an active libido in the year to come.

• 1 pint of oysters
• 1 stick of butter
• 1 half-pint of cream
• half-sleeve saltine crackers
• 1 bunch of scallions
• parsley
• Tabasco sauce
• Worcestershire sauce
• salt
• pepper

1. Saute a bunch of scallions and some parsley in a lot of butter, the reserved oyster liquid and a half a pint of cream.

2. Crumble up a half-sleeve of saltine crackers and add that to the mixture. Season with Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.

3. Pour the entire mixture into a buttered baking dish and sprinkle crumbled saltine crackers over the top. Dot with butter and bake for ten minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

This dish should serve between four and six people.