Papaw George’s Oyster Dressin’

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6–8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Lord Honey: Traditional Southern Recipes with a Country Bling Twist

By Jason Smith

Published 2023

  • About

Papaw George was the one who always made the dressin’ when I was growin’ up. It was a sure thing at Thanksgivin’ and a special treat durin’ the summer, when we’d have a wild-game dinner. A lot of folks may think it’s a twist to use oysters in dressin’, but it’s actually a tradition that dates to the British colonies, where oysters were easy pickin’s along the shoreline. As the country progressed inland, it wasn’t an easy ingredient to get, but with cannin’ and fish m