Dodge City, Longton, a Steak Order, and Legal Jurisdiction

[Delmonico]

A lot of the lime the British Navy used was juice rather than fresh fruit.  In a barrel because of it's acidity it would keep well and it saved space.

[kfclark]

Dad told me that as a young boy in Howard, it was a real treat when there were Oysters in the stores because his mom made Oyster Stew. He grew up across the street and one block south of Poplar Pizza and would walk uptown to get a pail of oysters.  Diane reminded me that this would have only been during the colder months, hence why Grandma Mary would make stew of them.

Oyster Stew Recipe: Mary Clark, as remembered by Charles Clark
I doubt she used a recipe but Dad says this is very close.

Oysters   1 Pint Fresh or 1 Can (but only if not in season)
Milk   2 cups whole milk
Butter   ¼ cup butter to start with, then a little more after cooking some.
Evaporated Milk   1 Can.
Worcestershire sauce   ½ tsp. (optional)
Onions   1 Diced fine.
Salt and Pepper   Season to your taste.
Flour   Just enough to thicken up the regular milk.
   
Sweat diced onions in butter until translucent. Add oysters & juice. Cook until edges begin to curl. Add milk thickened with a little flour, salt, pepper, evaporated milk, Worcestershire sauce, and a little more butter. Stir well and cook until hot but do NOT boil. Serve with Saltines or Oyster Crackers.
Optional: Add cooked diced potatoes to the stew if you care to.

[Ole Granny]

My folks always did the Oyster Stew, too.  Plus Fried Oysters, egg dip the oysters, roll in crackers crumbs, seasoned to taste.  Then fried until golden.  Fresh lemon squeezed on fried oyster adds to the delight.

[Judy Harder]

My Grandpa used to work at a creamery.....Meadow Golds- Beatrice foods company in Topeka.... He could get all the cream and milk he wanted.(and he would fix oyster stew each year around Christmas time.  (plus lots of butter, not OLEO)

We all would eat ourselves sick.........all except mom.
She would sip/drink the milk part of it, but then leave the oysters for the rest of  us. Couldn't stand oysters!
But that was ok  cause she would leave more for me. I love them........I have never had fresh oysters, but love them
right out of a can. Speaking of which I think it is time for me to get another can or two......LOL.
Thanks for a yummy reminder.

[Diane Amberg]

 The simple milk, butter and oyster stews are called "she stews" and "he stews" are more hearty. Add some precooked (In the butter) onion and finely chopped celery. Then add small cubes of boiled potato and a few strips of crumbled crispy bacon. A bit of worcestershire sauce, hot sauce or Old Bay Seasoning (crab spice) is good too. I don't use any flour. If you are using a container of shucked oysters, use the juice, but watch out for bits of shell and sandy grit in the bottom. 

[Ms Bear]

The limes they carried on the ships when they could get them were key limes, they are very small and have a harder rind and will last for up to a year if kept dry.

[kdfrawg]

They also make excellent pie.

[flo]

oops, gotta tell ya'all my story of when I was approximately 9 or 10.  We spent a couple weeks during the summer with my maternal grandparents.  One evening for supper we had "hot milk w/ butter" - I loved it.  When we girls got home ( we lived with our paternal grandparents) I proceeded to make me some "hot milk w/ butter" one night, but could never get it to taste right, even adding salt, pepper, I just couldn't do it.  I was grown and in my 30's or 40's before I mentioned this one day during a family conversation at Grandma and Grandpa's and it was then that I found out that what we had for supper that nite was Oyster Stew, but the oysters were served to my grandpa with his "hot milk w/ butter" -  Now that I know the secret to getting the flavor I liked, I make Oyster Stew, but, you know,  I don't like the oysters, just the flavor of the liquor. 

[Diane Amberg]

 Real Key Limes are about extinct due to weather problems many years ago, but the little mexican limes are the same with the same flavor.

[kdfrawg]

Diane: please to observe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_lime

Flo - Oysters are about the only seafood I don't like, raw or cooked, although I can at least deal with them fried. But my mother would make oyster gravy with Thanksgiving dinner when I was young, and my sister and I both continued doing so after we started doing the cooking at home. I absolutely love the taste of the gravy, especially on dressing, but I carefully filter out the oysters when I served myself.