1.   Long tables with stainless-steel trays held mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, fried oysters and oyster stew.

2.   Evaporated milk makes pretty good chowder and oyster stew.

3.   In years past, Oysterfest had cook-off competitions, particularly for oyster stew, but Garis said that part of the festival has been lost.

4.   It would be raw oysters, although I love oyster stew made in the Grand Central Station way.

5.   Locke-Ober does a great oyster stew.

6.   Other Christmas choices are oyster stew, lobster tails, crab chowder and crab cakes.

7.   Oyster stew has changed, too.

8.   So Jasper alternates oyster stew, served with toasted common crackers, with lobster stew.

9.   The Oyster Bar in Grand Central Terminal has a magnificent list of mostly white wines, and an oyster stew at the counter qualifies anyone to drink them.

10.   The oyster stew turns out to be delicious, by the way.