Oyster Loaves

Ingredients

3 small loaves french bread
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoon melted butter
3 dozen fresh oysters
2 tablespoon melted butter
1 milk

First, almost split the loaves lengthwise, leaving a hinge. Scoop out the soft middle and save the crumbs. Then add a 1/2 tsp of garlic powder (not salt) to 2 Tbs melted butter, and brush the cavities. Next, drain the oysters and save the liquid. Saute them in the rest of the butter till the edges curl - about 5 minutes. Put the oysters into the loaves, mix the crumbs you saved with the oyster liquid you saved, and add them, too. Shut up the loaves now. STOP HERE. 

Then wrap them in cheesecloth dipped in milk, twisting the ends and tucking them under the loaf. Bake them on a baking sheet for half an hour at 350 degrees. Cut them in half before you serve them.

Yield: 6 servings