Oyster Dressing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 (8 oz.) cans Cove oysters (hard to find, so use regular small canned oysters and cut up, do not use fresh)
1/2 gal. milk
1/2 lb. butter or margarine
1 lb. box saltine crackers
ground pepper to taste

Preparation

Scald milk with liquid from oysters.
Melt butter in the hot milk.
Add oysters.
Remove green stomach, if desired.
Crumble the crackers into the hot milk mixture, remembering to keep consistency juicy rather than dry.
Pepper to taste. Let stand a while before filling bird cavity.
Will make enough to fill bird and casserole.